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BC/DR Is More Than a Checklist

BUSINESS CONTINUITY & DISASTER RECOVERY MDDIUN IMPUSDIOLES IMPOSSIBLE? GR MISSION CRITICAL 93% 93% More than 40% of all companies that experience a disaster never reopen. of companies have had to execute their disaster recovery plans. Sorry WE'RE CLOSED of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster. THE AVERAGE COST OF IMPLEMENTING DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS FOR EACH DOWNTIME INCIDENT IS $287,000 THE REAL THREAT IS NOT A HACKER OR DISASTER. IT'S OFTEN АРАТHY. • 60% of virtualized servers are not covered in current Disaster Recovery plans. • Little more than half (56%) of the data on virtual systems is regularly backed up. VIRTUAL SERVERS COVERED BY A DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN 60% 40% Virtual servers covered by a disaster recovery plan Virtual servers NOT covered by a disaster recovery plan WHAT'S AT STAKE? North American businesses are collectively losing $26.5 BILLION IN REVENUE EACH YEAR through IT downtime and data recovery. ON AVERAGE, EACH COMPANY LOSES $159,331 PER YEAR. WHAT CAUSES DOWNTIME? 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% SYSTEM UPGRADES 72% POWER OUTAGE/FAILURE 70% FIRE 69% CONFIGURATION CHANGE 64% CYBER ATTACKS 63% MALICIOUS EMPLOYEE 63% DATA LOSS 63% FLOOD 48% HURRICANE 1 47% EARTHQUAKE 46% ВС/DR IS MORE THANA CHECKLIST The following items must be discussed and implemented consistently: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND. Have a clear vision of where the business wants to go and how it plans to get there. BE PROACTIVE. Too often, BC/DR programs are only enhanced following a disruptive event or an audit. UNDERSTAND BC/DR IS MORE THAN A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE. The concept is really a components are tools to support the business objectives. ess issue. Not a technology issue. technology BE PREPARED FOR THE "REAL" RECOVERY. Exercise the way you would recover. Stop preparing for the test and start preparing for the disaster. Sources: "Symantec Disaster Recovery Study." Symantec. November 2010. "Calculating the Cost of Data Center Outages." Ponemon Institute. February 1, 2011. http://www.continuitycentral.com/news05772.html http://m.softchoice.com/files/pdf/brands/ca/ACOD_REPORT.pdf http://www.protect-data.com/information/statistics.html http://focus.forsythe.com/articles/138/4-Things-Organizations-with-Effective-BC-DR-Programs-Do-Well From the Editors of Forsythe FOCUS Magazine http://focus.forsythe.com BUSINESS CONTINUITY & DISASTER RECOVERY MDDIUN IMPUSDIOLES IMPOSSIBLE? GR MISSION CRITICAL 93% 93% More than 40% of all companies that experience a disaster never reopen. of companies have had to execute their disaster recovery plans. Sorry WE'RE CLOSED of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster. THE AVERAGE COST OF IMPLEMENTING DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS FOR EACH DOWNTIME INCIDENT IS $287,000 THE REAL THREAT IS NOT A HACKER OR DISASTER. IT'S OFTEN АРАТHY. • 60% of virtualized servers are not covered in current Disaster Recovery plans. • Little more than half (56%) of the data on virtual systems is regularly backed up. VIRTUAL SERVERS COVERED BY A DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN 60% 40% Virtual servers covered by a disaster recovery plan Virtual servers NOT covered by a disaster recovery plan WHAT'S AT STAKE? North American businesses are collectively losing $26.5 BILLION IN REVENUE EACH YEAR through IT downtime and data recovery. ON AVERAGE, EACH COMPANY LOSES $159,331 PER YEAR. WHAT CAUSES DOWNTIME? 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% SYSTEM UPGRADES 72% POWER OUTAGE/FAILURE 70% FIRE 69% CONFIGURATION CHANGE 64% CYBER ATTACKS 63% MALICIOUS EMPLOYEE 63% DATA LOSS 63% FLOOD 48% HURRICANE 1 47% EARTHQUAKE 46% ВС/DR IS MORE THANA CHECKLIST The following items must be discussed and implemented consistently: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND. Have a clear vision of where the business wants to go and how it plans to get there. BE PROACTIVE. Too often, BC/DR programs are only enhanced following a disruptive event or an audit. UNDERSTAND BC/DR IS MORE THAN A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE. The concept is really a components are tools to support the business objectives. ess issue. Not a technology issue. technology BE PREPARED FOR THE "REAL" RECOVERY. Exercise the way you would recover. Stop preparing for the test and start preparing for the disaster. Sources: "Symantec Disaster Recovery Study." Symantec. November 2010. "Calculating the Cost of Data Center Outages." Ponemon Institute. February 1, 2011. http://www.continuitycentral.com/news05772.html http://m.softchoice.com/files/pdf/brands/ca/ACOD_REPORT.pdf http://www.protect-data.com/information/statistics.html http://focus.forsythe.com/articles/138/4-Things-Organizations-with-Effective-BC-DR-Programs-Do-Well From the Editors of Forsythe FOCUS Magazine http://focus.forsythe.com

BC/DR Is More Than a Checklist

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It is essential for companies to have a business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) plan in place. Here's why.

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