An organization’s ability to recover from a disaster or disruptive event (natural disaster, human-made disaster) and resume operations as quickly as possible is referred to as disaster recovery or business continuity. Business Continuity Planning For an expedient disaster recovery to happen, an organization must have a strategic plan in place, usually referred to as a […]
Disaster Planning – Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis
Risk Assessment or security risk analysis is key to the security of any business or organization. It’s crucial for making sure that controls are equal to the risks that the organization is exposed to. To figure out which security controls are commensurate and cost effective is often a complicated and subjective process. One of the […]
First Response In Disaster Recovery
What Did the First Responders Really Do? A common occurrence that many consultants experience is a discrepancy between what first responders “claim” they did and what the analyst actually sees that happended upon examination. More often than not, the consultant is told that the first responders took the system offline but didn’t do anything else. Consultants often find that contrary to what is […]