Due in part to the rising frequency and severity of data breaches over the last few years, it’s more important now than ever for IT professionals to have an active role in the business continuity plans of their employers.

With the holiday shopping season quickly coming to an end, business owners may find that their employees are taking more time out of their scheduled work day not to complete company tasks, but to engage in last-minute gift buying.

After experiencing severe flooding this summer, the city of Minot, North Dakota, announced on December 20 that it was ready to move forward with a comprehensive flood recovery plan.

This past November, Congressman Maurice Hinchey – a Democrat from New York – requested that more than $2.6 billion in disaster recovery funding be added to the federal fiscal budget for 2012.

Due to the constant threat of earthquakes and tornadoes, business and municipalities in Texas need to be prepared to handle whatever nature throws their way.

This past December, town officials from Berlin, Connecticut, met to revise their continuity of operations planning following its recent struggles in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.

Since small business owners often only have a handful of employees, most of the weight for the development of upper-level company strategies must be put on their shoulders.

According to a study by the management consulting firm Janco Associates released this February, only around one in four businesses have incorporated social media into their disaster recovery (DR) or business continuity plans.

At the year’s end, some companies are fortunate enough to have time to devote to revising their disaster recovery (DR) plans.

presented by Ted Brown, CBCP, CBCV, President & CEO of KETCHConsulting and Member of the CPM Hall of Fame The human swine flu outbreak continues to spread in the United States and internationally. Organizations that fail to plan and prepare for pandemic events, such as public health emergencies create risks for their business that can […]