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Are your workers included in the disaster plan?

Earthquakes and hurricanes along the Eastern Seaboard recently have put disaster preparedness in the spotlight at many organizations. While protecting facilities and information is a widespread

Crisis management tips from an IT 'firefighter'

What is it like these days to be an IT firefighter charged with putting out a flaming crisis? The scene is often a frenzied portrait of finger pointing, dawdling and non-communication, exacerbated by

Some tips from Google to stop malicious online ads

Remember the recent rogue software incident involving the New York Times? An approved ad was swapped out over the weekend in place of one with malicious code, which drove visitors to a site designed

Disaster plans must vary

IT executives often focus on data center replication, building design and backups when doing disaster planning. Yet experts say that recovery plans should be customized for whichever type of major

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Picking up the pieces after a data breach

The way that you follow up in the immediate aftermath of a crisis can affect not only how the event is perceived, but also how successfully you'll avoid trouble in the future. As CIO, you can't

Recovering from a cyber attack

Even though it might have been devastating to your systems, employee morale and customer confidence, if your company is hit by a cyber attack, how you approach your recovery can make all of the

Survey: Disaster Recovery Plans put on backburner

Perhaps it's spring fever, but CIOs are not taking the time necessary to put business continuity plans in place. Hewlett-Packard recently polled 564 IT decision makers at large and mid-sized

IT expertise hard to come by in New Orleans

With the advent of the one-year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, it's clear that New Orleans's technology industry is still reeling from the disaster's impact. As one solutions provider relates,

NJ budget crisis puts IT into disaster reaction mode

When the budget impasse forced New Jersey to shut down its government this past week, the state's tech unit, which numbered nearly a 1,000 staffers, kept running on the shoulders of just under a