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Ask the Experts

• Business impact analysis tools available to help companies

  Pierre Dorion highlights some of the business impact analysis tools available to help companies in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Defending against a supply chain disruption

  In this Expert Response, Pierre Dorion highlights some of the issues involved in protecting an organization from a supply chain disruption.  Continue Reading

• Debating quantitative impact vs. qualitative impact

  Pierre Dorion explains how to weigh a short-term financial risk against a damaged reputation in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Top five business impact assessment considerations

  Pierre Dorion lists the top five things to consider when conducting a business impact assessment.  Continue Reading

• How the risk analysis process and conducting a BIA differ

  The BIA is related but different from the risk analysis process. Pierre Dorion discusses what each should accomplish in this expert answer.  Continue Reading

• Outsourcing DR to hot and cold site providers

  Learn when it is inappropriate to outsource DR to a hot or cold site provider in this Expert Response by Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• Consider failover and failback when choosing a hot-site provider

  Learn about the importance of failover and failback, along with high-speed data mirroring, in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• Comparing the costs of hot sites and cold sites

  Learn the differences in cost between hot sites and cold sites in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• What to do after building a DR program

  Find out what happens after you’ve crafted a disaster recovery (DR) program in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• Incident response plans are an important part of your DR plan

  Find out why incident response plans are a key element of your disaster recovery plan in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• Essential disaster recovery (DR) program activities

  Find out what must be part of a well-organized disaster recovery (DR) program in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• Why you should exercise disaster recovery procedures

  Find out why all disaster recovery procedures must be exercised to ensure they work as intended in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• How to address employee relocation in a DR plan

  Find out what your DR plans must identify if your organization is faced with employee relocation in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• What must happen before activating a DR plan

  Find out what must happen before a DR plan is activated in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• Build the right DR program by defining roles, responsibilities

  When launching a disaster recovery (DR) program, you need both planning and technical experts on the team, says Paul Kirvan in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading