August 2009
How Susceptible Are You to A Natural Disaster?
Many think a natural disaster will not happen in their neighborhood. Here are some graphics that show possible risks due to natural disasters in specific areas.
June 2009
NYSE Stops Trading for Over 200 Stocks
A computer glitch stopped trading for 40 minutes in more than 200 stocks at the New York Stock Exchange today. Why did the NYSE not have a failover backup for this?
May 2009
Virginia Prescription Records Stolen and Held for Ransom
On Thursday, April 30, the secure site for the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) was replaced with a $US10M ransom demand. Why didn t Virginia have an offsite backup of the data?
March 2009
Online Backup Company Carbonite Loses Customer Data
The Boston Globe and other outlets reported this weekend that Carbonite lost data for 7,500 customers.
Why the Magnolia Social Bookmarking Site is Gone
Larry Halff’s social media website ma.gnolia.com is gone. Here are the three mistakes they made and why they cannot recover the data.
January 2009
Email Failure at the White House
The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon that the White House E-Mail system has been down for several hours. As a consequence, newly enacted Executive Orders are being photocopied and have been left sitting on a table outside the briefing room.
How Your Business Can Survive a Utility Disruption
Preparing for utilities disruption is a critical step that your business continuity plan cannot do without. Here is how to create a business continuity plan so your business can survive a utility disruption.
December 2008
Business Continuity Plan, Why Do One?
Preparing a Business Continuity or Emergency Plan takes time and effort and requires some investment.
November 2008
8 Steps to a Faster Online Backup
Internet connection speed is a very important factor in determining how quickly your backups will run, but it s not the only factor. Here are some additional tips to help minimize the time required for online backups.
October 2008
Common Sense Guide to Cyber Security
Here are the 12 best practices to protect your technology systems, which include backing up your data.
7 Steps for Business Preparedness for Hurricane Season
Even though hurricane season is almost over, we still can all benefit from business preparedness. Here are 7 tips.
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