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FitzPatrick nuclear power station
Upstate New York nuclear power plant shut down for the third time in two months owing to wind blowing debris into the plant’s water intake
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Private disaster relief services boom
AIG offers members of its exclusive Private Client Group a deal: For $19,000 a year, AIG’s “mobile units” would rush to a customer’s home during wildfires, spray the building with fire retardants, and extinguish flames which get too close to the structure; unlike municipal or state firefighters, the mobile units will protect only insured buildings, letting neighboring homes go up in flames
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DataCore unveils SAN disaster recovery bundle
New addition to VIF line brings SAN disaster recovery features such as automatic failover and failback to smaller organizations
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Business continuity is also about preparation for everyday, small disasters
Businesses should prepare for the more common, everyday “disasters” like a broken water pipe that floods the building, or an ice storm that keeps employees from traveling to the office
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Jermyn Consulting and Moody International offer BS 25999 certification
More companies develop business continuity plans, and more governments develop continuity standards companies must meet; one result: More companies offer continunity certification programs to help enterprises meet these government standards
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California fires test companies' business continuity plans
The fires raging in southern California forced many companies to involve their business continuity plans; companies with solid business continuity plans seem to be weathering the disaster fairly well
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Latest Microsoft research on trends in cyber crime
Cyber criminals increasingly target personal information to make a profit and are threatening to impact people’s privacy; key to corporate security: inter-departmental collaboration.
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SMBs ill-prepared to thwart cybercrime
Small and medium-size businesses account for a large portion of the economies of advanced countries, but a recent Webroot report says SMBs have minimal IT staffs and do not apprciate the risks
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Ten points to disaster recovery
Business continuity should not be an abstrraction or a concept, but a real plan containing real steps to make your business better prepared for disaster; here are ten important steps
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Disaster planning in South Bend
Leafy South Bend is not as exposed to natural diasters as, say New Orleans or towns on the Mississippi River’s flood planes, but business in the city join hands to form a preparedness strategy nontheless
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Acronis, AMD partner to offer recovery solution
Acronis True Image 9.1 Enterprise Server allows customers to create a precise image of a server; it will now be available on servers and computers running on AMD processors
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Criticism notwithstanding, FCC stands pat on 700 MHz auction rules
FCC stands on open-access and build-out requirements for 24 Jaunary 700 MHz auction; auction will require the winner to build a national network to public safety specifications
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"Disaster tolerant" environment: Going beyond contnuity, recovery
The key term in business continuity is no longer “recover” or “continue” — it is “disaster tolerant” environment
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Eminent domain hobbles Kansas recovery efforts
Eminent domain legislation was meant to protect property owners from the heavy hand of government, but in Kansas it prevents post-floods recovery efforts
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"Virtualization": IT managers look beyond server consolidation
Virtualization helps enterprises collapse their data center footprint and thus reduce all of the costs that go along with it
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The long view
America Is Losing Its War Against Wildfire
Over the past decade, so-called megafires — characterized not only by their size, often bigger than 100,000 acres, but by their severity, speed, and impact — have become more common. Wildland firefighting is increasingly facing an intractable reality: We’re stuck in a vicious cycle. A doom loop.
Generating Scenarios for Extreme Events, without Extreme Data
A new algorithm learns to anticipate the unprecedented scenarios that critical infrastructure and global supply chains are least prepared for.
Protecting the Grid from Wildfires
As devastating wildfires continue to burn across the western U.S. and Canada this summer, they’re taking a serious toll on the electrical grid. Every year, wildfires, some sparked by birds or even high winds, cause significant damage to grid infrastructure.