28 Jun Business Continuity Management, Third Party Risk Management Shadow IT’s Impact on Security, Business Continuity and Vendor Risk Management June 28, 2016 By John Verry Shadow IT refers to any technology that is used in a company without the oversight of the IT department.  The scope of Shadow IT is com... Continue reading
02 Jun Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery Operational Testing of Your Recovery Plan (Part 2) January 14, 2024 By Richard Barrus In Part 1 of this blog post, I explained why it’s important to operationally test your disaster recovery (DR) plan, and why a tabletop ... Continue reading
26 May Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery Operational Testing Your Recovery Plan (Part 1) January 15, 2024 By Richard Barrus How well do you really know your plan? Chances are you really don’t know if your recovery plan is going to work until you test it. Bec... Continue reading
19 Jan Disaster Recovery The 3-2-1 Rule of Data Backup and Recovery January 4, 2024 By Richard Barrus Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in January 2016 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Yesterday I... Continue reading
01 Dec Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery Mitigating Single Points of Failure January 19, 2024 By Richard Barrus A big part of recovery planning is identifying and mitigating single points of failure (SPOFs). SPOFs are the bane of disaster recover... Continue reading