Without a business continuity program in place, even a minor disruption to systems, facilities or other key resources can potentially halt operations, impact customers or harm the financials of an ...

Few companies were braced for the terrorist actions of September 11, 2001. Networks housing vital customer and financial data were severed without any secondary systems to take up the slack.

In the past, most enterprises defined a disaster as an act of nature—a hurricane, tornado, flood or fire that wipes out their ability to conduct business as usual. Today, with worldwide networks, 24/7 ...