As important as it is to plan for severe weather incidents, it is also a pressing task for municipality officials to regularly plan for more extreme emergency conditions such as a nuclear disaster.

In order to prevent the significant consequences that manifest when a data loss occurs, it would be wise for small businesses that are utilizing virtual servers to deploy the services of a disaster preparedness consultant.

Consultants can not only help negotiate the best price on a hot site, but also help develop a tabletop exercise to ensure that the provisions of a business continuity plan are sound in practice as well as theory.

It is crucial for the youth population in America to understand the consequences of disasters early in life so that they are prepared to proactively address and hopefully prevent catastrophes as the leaders of tomorrow.

All too often, business officials may only associate the concept of workplace violence with a disgruntled employee being pushed to a critical tipping point at which point his or her frustration boils over into a violent incident.

Many municipalities wisely update their continuity of operations plans to learn from past incidents and better prepare for the future.

Businesses all across the globe should be regularly updating and testing the disaster preparedness and recovery terms of their business continuity plans so that when a disaster strikes, they will be prepared to protect their employees and their infrastructure.

96 percent of the polled respondents admitted that they have not tested their business continuity plan.

Business officials must understand that the safety of their employees is of paramount importance and as such, they must be willing to take the time to update business continuity plans to address workplace violence preparedness.

Factoring preparedness drills into a medical facility’s continuity of operations plans is an excellent way to ensure that a hospital is prepared to provide the assistance and evacuation practices that will likely be required should an emergency situation present itself.