Disaster Recovery Journal, Summer 2010

special report

What’s

Ahead

&

How Do You Get There?

o continue the growth in the business continuity program and further the protection of our organizations, it is important to constantly be vigilant for new programs, technology or advice. It is vital to keep awareness at the forefront by presenting your management with all the information they need to make solid choices for the program.

Securing funding is a constant battle, but hopefully that will ease as the economy improves. It can also be eased by making lean, efficient choices for your organization. This special section was designed to help provide you with that information.

Industry practitioners and professionals have come together to give opinions and advice on the strategies that need to be set in place, the technology that needs to be implemented and the flexibility that must be built into plans.

Each viewpoint is valuable in that it offers considerations, options and questions that practitioners can examine and then present to their company executives.

A common theme that is included in the individual articles is understanding that your organization, its risks, its personnel and its future development are an essential foundation upon which to build your program. The difference is in the details and the details are in the differences.

If you want your business continuity program to be the strongest, most resilient that it can possibly be, this is where you need to start. Take the advice that applies to your organization and use it as a jumping point for further research.