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No longer just good practice

Disaster recovery and business continuity have been something of a grudge spend, frequently badly implemented at all. The worldwide move toward good governance and holistic risk management is changing this trend.

01 June 2007

Disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity management (BCM) plans are essential in today`s technology-driven world. From natural disasters to acts of terrorism, and the increasing threat posed by cyber-criminals, any company that does not have a plan to keep itself in business in the face of any crisis is taking a somewhat irresponsible approach.

According to research firm Gartner, failure to take an enterprise operational risk management approach to BCM/DR will cause at least one major US financial services provider to face regulatory action in 2007.

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