For Prudential Insurance business continuity is more than just a wish - it is corporate policy. When it came to implementing that policy the first step for Phil Hine, business continuity advisor at Prudential, was to carry out a business impact...
A spokesman for the Financial Times said: "We suffered a power cut early this morning. When the servers were restored it was found that they couldn't read some URLs - those starting with www. Most attempts to go to news.ft.com are successful.
But there are plenty of ways to guard against security breaches, as Pia Heikkila explains. There are a few US companies that are doing special business continuity insurance, which can cover intellectual property too, but they are not very common...
Separately the government also published its draft Civil Contingencies Bill today, which includes proposals to protect electronic and communications networks in the event of natural disasters or terrorist attacks.
Dell is honing its focus on business continuity, seeing the area as a key way to increase upgrade cycles, especially in areas such as storage. The direct vendor recently commissioned research which found 37 per cent of respondents do not plan for...
Tom Howard, chief technical director at co-location and managed services company Qube, said: "Whether it's a problem with public transport or occasional central London power outages, UK companies are not investing seriously enough to avoid a...