New U.S. Guidance on IT in Pandemics
Financial institutions examined by the FFIEC must rewrite their pandemic responses to deal with the possibility of extended 40% peak absentee rates. New guidance stresses the central role of IT in enabling operations and requires extensive testing of preparations.
Research Roundup: Business Continuity Management and IT Disaster Recovery, January 2009
Gartner’s coverage for business continuity management and IT disaster recovery management crosses many internal research teams, replicating the way it should be organized for every organization. It is summarized so that business and IT leaders keep up with the important practices and latest trends.
Q&A for Business Continuity Management: Best Practices for Plan Management
Without a centralized and automated approach, managing business continuity management plans is a difficult task, one that puts the recovery of the enterprise at risk because of the use of outdated information for response-and-recovery efforts.
Toolkit: Requirements for Crisis Command and Emergency Operations Centers
The crisis command center or emergency operations center is the organizational focal point of authority, control, communication and coordination during a crisis. Use this Toolkit to determine the requirements for a new center or to assess the effectiveness of an established center.
The Worldwide SARS Epidemic: Lessons Learned
The severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic of 2003 is over, but the deadly virus could return again in early 2004. We must learn from this outbreak and prepare for similar crises in the future.
