IT Risk Management: Disaster Recovery Planning: Forward Placement

IT Risk Management: Disaster Recovery Planning: Forward Placement: Via Data Foundry: Garden Ridge Selects Data Foundry For Disaster Recovery Services ...

Excellent point on risk management in IT when planning for disaster recovery, consider forward placement to avoid collateral impacts on the secondary site ...

... "Bob Janusaitis (CBCP, CISA, CISM), a 25-year veteran in IT disaster recovery planning and CEO of Business911 International, Inc. specializing in IT Governance and Risk Management, stated, It's been my experience that too many companies overlook all the risks associated with implementing a disaster recovery plan that calls for the secondary site to be located in the same city as their primary site. The risks of implementing this strategy range from shared city power grids, inability to traverse local streets, over subscription to the local facility, and the affect on human capital that supports the secondary site in a true disaster scenario. I encourage a forward placement philosophy which calls for getting people and data out of harms way if at all possible. This means putting distance between the disaster event and your secondary site. " ...

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