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• Include the VoIP system in your disaster recovery planning process

  Independent disaster recovery planning expert Paul Kirvan discusses why your VoIP system must be part of the disaster recovery planning process.  Continue Reading

• Your disaster recovery planning process must include your phone system

  Independent disaster recovery planning expert Paul Kirvan discusses why your disaster recovery planning process must include your phone system.  Continue Reading

• Conducting a tabletop exercise for disaster recovery testing

  Paul Kirvan discusses whether a tabletop exercise is sufficient for disaster recovery testing and issues that tabletop exercises should address.  Continue Reading

• Call center disaster recovery testing best practices

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan offers some best practices for call center disaster recovery testing in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Call center disaster recovery planning best practices

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan offers some best practices for call center disaster recovery planning in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Costs associated with various types of emergency notification systems

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan discusses costs associated with in-house and outsourced emergency management systems.  Continue Reading

• Fire suppression system inspection and testing best practices

  Independent disaster recovery consultant Paul Kirvan discusses fire sprinkler system inspection and testing best practices in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Addressing common mistakes in network DR strategies

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan offers advice on addressing common mistakes in network DR strategies in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Recent improvements to failover technology ease admin workload

  Brien Posey examines improvements to failover technology making IT admins' lives easier in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• What organizations can do to prevent internal network attacks

  Insider threats are a likely occurrence. Paul Kirvan discusses what organizations can do to prevent internal network attacks in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Is user authentication necessary to include in DR plans?

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan discusses user authentication in disaster recovery plans in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Mitigating VoIP vulnerability

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan outlines common VoIP vulnerabilities and offers advice on how to mitigate them in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• How does information lifecycle management relate to disaster recovery?

  Independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan discusses information lifecycle management (ILM) in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Common disaster recovery test mistakes to avoid

  Here's a checklist to have close by during your next disaster recovery testing operation from independent disaster recovery expert Paul Kirvan.  Continue Reading

• The importance of risk analysis issues prioritization

  Paul Kirvan discusses the five most important issues to consider when conducting a risk analysis in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading