Information on how to protect your business during the hurricane season is not as easily accessible as information on protecting your home, but it is just as important.

It’s once again time to review your IT Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity (DR/BC) plan. There is an adage from a wise but unknown sage that goes something like this: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”.

Jason Kuhn, CIO at RSA Corp, explains how the benefits of a Disaster Recovery Plan and a Business Continuity Plan vary depending on the individual organization. Can there be value to one without the other?

Jason Kuhn, CIO at RSA Corp, addresses the common misconception regarding business continuity and disaster recovery by clarifying the different aspects of a business that each plan pertains to.

Episode #10 – Jason Kuhn, CIO at RSA Corp, discusses spam and viruses, how they become a nuisance and how disaster recovery can help a company rebound from their effects.

Episode #7 – Jeremy Ross, Services Manager at RSA Corp, compares business continuity to disaster recovery and emphasizes the importance of paying close attention to both. He also explains why companies should prepare now for the upcoming hurricane season.

Business continuity is the investment made by a business to be proactive in avoiding the risks associated with a disaster. Typically, this investment is an operating expense that serves as an insurance policy on an ongoing basis.

If you were unfortunate enough to experience Hurricane Ike, how did your email server fare? Not everyone can afford to keep their servers in a nice, safe data center or colocation facility. Does that mean your business is subject to your building’s physical power or Internet connection? The answer to that question is absolutely not. There are two ways small businesses can increase email uptime without breaking the bank.

Business continuity and disaster recovery planning are all about a company’s ability to survive and continue operations in the face of physical and environmental events, such as natural disasters (fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc), network outages, disgruntled employees and computer viruses. Critical business technologies – telephone, email, Internet, corporate applications, databases – must be included in the planning process to ensure corporate survival and continued operation.

Hurricane season is officially here. Businesses are now planning and refining their disaster recovery and business continuity plans to prepare for potential disruptions. Companies need to make sure and investigate a few specific areas – offsite backup, colocation, email continuity and data recovery. A VoIP telephone network is another smart continuity tool. more…