TABLE OF CONTENTS
42 – When Suppliers Go Out-of-Business
The headlines are impossible to miss as havoc in the financial markets and the spiraling economic mess
have unfolded. Daily, we hear of Fortune 500 companies that are struggling to stay afloat and many on
Main Street that have already succumbed.
By KENNETH MUDGE, SKIP SKIVINGTON, & CHERYL LATOUCHE, CBCP
46 – Be Prepared for the Unpredictable ...
Risk to your business comes in many forms. There are natural disasters and economic downturns, as well
as legal and regulatory compliance issues. There’s also unplanned downtime caused by poorly planned
change or other unexpected issues. So, with all these known and unknown potential problems, how can IT
organizations prepare for the unpredictable? By BRIAN USSHER
Page 54 — Availability
49 – Single Points of Failure
No doubt a recurring thought in your mind as a business leader is what to do when a critical system goes
down. What happens to your client updates when you can’t access your regular lines of communication?
How will you convey critical information to your teams when you’re challenged by less-than-stellar conditions? When any situation occurs that causes normal organizational operations to slow down or grind to a
halt, a “single point of failure” (SPOF) is often to blame. By DAVID BROWN
51 – Managing Risk with Advanced Modeling Techniques
The term megacatastrophe has continued to gain prominence in the insurance and reinsurance worlds
over the last few decades. Typically used to describe the havoc wreaked by major disasters such as Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, megacatastrophe has also been used to illustrate the
comprehensive and devastating effects of the four hurricanes to strike Florida in 2004 that caused billions
of dollars in damage. By GARY KERNEY, BILL CHURNEY & JIM LOVELAND
Page 59 — Exercising Plan
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
53 – Storage Consolidation: First Things First
Storage and storage consolidation are the hottest topics in IT today. Onsite, cloud, high-performance, high-function ... there is more technology now than ever before. Resellers are getting more and more exposure
to products every day. But where should you begin? By KELLY LIPP
6 – From The President’s Desk
By RICHARD L. ARNOLD, CBCP
8 – Editorial Advisory Board
By ROBERT GIFFIN, CBCP, CISA
10 – The Perspective of Ed Devlin
By ED DEVLIN, CBCP
54 – Risks and Benefits of Using Social Media
The term “social media” refers to any Internet-based medium created through social interaction where
individuals primarily produce (rather than consume) the content. The growth of social media has been
explosive. An estimated two-thirds of Internet users visit social networking or blogging sites. Reportedly,
social media now account for almost 10 percent of all Internet time. Facebook claims more than 400 million
active users. Wikepedia, You Tube, Flickr, LinkedIn, Google, and Twitter all seem to have different audiences, but each is large and growing. By JOSEPH McMENAMIN
48 – Ask The Executive
By DAVID A. SHIMBERG, CBCP
56 – DRI International
By AL BERMAN, CBCP
60 – PPBI
By DEIDRICH TOWNE, CBCP
62 – 2010 Alternate Site Survey
73 – Upcoming Events
74 – News Briefs
76 – Disaster Recovery Directory
78 – Planning Group Contacts
80 – Advertisers Index
58 – The Exercise of Adult Learning
George Sheehan, physician, author and running enthusiast once said “Exercise is done against one’s
wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse” I think that quote seems to apply equally to
the field of emergency management and business continuity. Everyone hates to perform exercises for a
variety of reasons but do ever so reluctantly. This reluctance comes from either the anger from one more
thing to do in an already compressed schedule or maybe from a fear of the unknown. Exercises shouldn’t
be viewed that way. Exercises can be your friend and offer many advantages to an organization. This
article will show that in certain clarity how exercises can help your program. By THOMAS M. MAGEE
72 – As Technology Moves Forward, Data Protection Does Too
Nnear the beginning of the digital revolution, computation devices relied on punch cards and other physical
media to house information. This data was not stored solely in digitized form, but rather was converted to
physical machine-readable information when it was required, so that the actual data remained in some
other format. Ledgers, files, and other information storage systems were kept in secure locations, and
backup meant copying the data to more files, ledgers, and storerooms. By MIKE TALON
