Category: Business Continuity (Page 4)
Disaster recovery and business continuity
Business continuity is of utmost importance to any organisation or business as failure to do so can result in huge losses. Some services could be critical to your vendors, suppliers or directly to your customer. A disaster recovery plan is not something that should be set up when disaster strikes but should be separately integrated at all times within the functionality of a business to provide backup. Business continuity therefore …
Offsite data backups – the first step in a disaster recovery plan
Losing a bag or a wallet can create a number of problems for a person. Whether it is lost or stolen, it can result in making a person feel vulnerable and helpless. So you can imagine what would happen to a company that lost important data that it requires. A company that loses vital information can expose its employees to a difficult situation that may be hard to deal with. …
Is your data really safe?
As you are inputting important data into your laptop or personal computer and fear data loss? Well, all of us do, and this is simply because the data we obtain is usually the result of hard work. In fact, data loss can cause us many problems for a long period of time. One can lose confidential or classified information, client details, research data and valuable images. Once the damage is …
Importance of disaster planning for business continuity
Business continuity planning is the most essential attribute for a business. It is important for everyone to have a disaster plan for business continuity, whether your business is flourishing or going through an adjustment period. It is important to strategise and develop a continuity plan so your business is not affected by any unknown circumstances that may occur. You must also ensure smooth functioning of your business in the case …
Online data backup- the best way to prevent data loss
Data keeps the world running smoothly. Any important information in a business organisation, school, hospital, prison, museum, or library is stored in the form of data. When any information is stored in the form of data it should remain secure from external agencies. The normal devices used for storing data are hard discs, laptops, memory sticks and CDs/DVDs. These devices can face technological corruption, be affected by climatic fluctuations and …
Online data backups are effective recovery solutions
A variety of disasters can destroy computer systems and the information that is stored and contained in them. Losing important client and employee data could severely affect the productivity and profitability of a company. To see a company through this kind of situation requires the provision of a reliable disaster recovery solution. The first step in getting a recovery solution for the purpose of business continuity would be backing up …
Business continuity plan – to be safe come what may
Today, although technology has reached great heights, still nobody can predict when and where a natural or man-made disaster may strike. When your business does not have a data backup system, there are chances that nothing of your database will survive. Without your database you cannot run your business. Business continuity plans are required to ensure that you have proper data backup in case of a sudden disaster like a …
Data loss can leave your organisation shattered
Day-by-day, data loss is becoming a major problem across the globe. There are several factors that are responsible for data loss. This can have a devastating effect on many corporate companies. Data loss can leave your company shattered. If you do not have a proper data storage service there is no way in which you can recover your data. Many businesses have gone through data loss problems in recent times. …
Assistant information commissioner encourages new privacy techniques
Assistant information commissioner, Jonathan Bamford, has urged organisations to stop bolting on data protection. The information commissioner has urged business executives to do so as vast amounts of stored private information may have privacy concerns. He has even urged everyone to pay heed to the situation and install privacy-enhancing tools. The statements come in an effort to encourage companies to adopt new privacy techniques. Suddenly data privacy has become an …
Use online data backups to safeguard vital data
In yet another incident of data breach and loss, an insurance company, Royal London, has admitted to losing a hand held computer that contained personal information on 1,600 people. The information included names, contact and policy details and addresses of the clients. The company tried to assure the customers that the data could not be accessed and that the battery of the device would quickly die out making it impossible …
