The truth is, there's more to business resiliency than just disaster recovery. Even companies that believe they have an adequate disaster recovery plan in place often sustain crippling damage because they have not incorporated both proactive and reactive strategies for all three major threat areas: business driven, data driven and event driven threats.
How this tool can help you
Using the
is a good initial step toward becoming a more resilient business. Once you complete the self-assessment, you will be able to view a personalized graph that identifies potential gaps within the business, data and event threat areas. You will be provided with additional information about IBM's suite of offerings and expertise that relate to your areas of concern. You will also have the option of obtaining relevant white papers and insights.
The scale and impact of a disaster in today's interconnected world has ambushed many CIOs. Don't be caught off guard.
With more than 40 years of business continuity and disaster recovery experience, IBM can deliver integrated, customized solutions that combine elements from all three threat categories. To learn more about each threat category, read below.
Business driven threats
Business continuity management and regulatory compliance fall into the category of business driven threats. Do you have a plan that considers:
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How you will manage addressing government and industry regulations locally and across the globe?
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How prepared you are to mitigate risks to non-compliance?
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Whether your business is prepared for success? Can your infrastructure handle spikes in demand?
You can't predict these events—but you can take actions to help prepare for them. These threats range from natural disasters to terrorist actions to pandemics. Critical questions to ask include:
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How will you deal with employees who can't, or won't, come to work?
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Do you have a plan in the event that normal communications are not available?
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Do you have a plan in the event that there is limited air transportation, fuel or rental cars?
1 For 32 percent of organizations, just four hours of downtime could be fatal Source: Continuity Central, "Business Continuity Unwrapped," 2006; http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0358.htm
2 Recognized by Forrester Source: Rankine, Colin, "The Forrester Wave: Disaster Recovery Service Providers, Q1 2006," Tech Choices, March 27, 2006, p. 9
The results generated by the Business Continuity Self-Assessment Tool (the "tool") are based upon the information entered into the tool by the user. The tool was developed based upon IBM's previous experience in this area and may not address every risk applicable to your situation. This tool and any results from the tool are provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. Any reliance by you on the tool and any reliance on any results from the tool are at your sole risk and will not create any liability or obligation on the part of IBM. IN NO EVENT WILL IBM BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE TOOL, INABILITY TO USE THE TOOL, OR THE RESULTS OF THE TOOL, EVEN IF IBM IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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