Mastering disaster
29.07.2002 - CCL News

A survey by Macarthur Stroud claims that 88% of European company directors are not taking responsibility for disaster recovery planning. This contrasts sharply with the US, where management consultant Booz Allen estimates that 90% of CEOs are involved in the process. In the UK, 90% of organisations have at least a basic disaster recovery plan in place, however, many companies do not keep the plan up-to-date due to tight budgets and board level apathy about the issue.

Few businesses will survive without rapid restoration of access to stored information and data. Analyst group Gartner estimates that 40% of companies that experience a disaster go out of business within five years. Technical solutions are one of the ways that businesses can plan for disaster. However, this needs to backed up by business processes, culture and awareness, and that means board level responsibility.