Hi, I have a client who requires recovery sites in Amsterdam and Frankfurt. I'm looking for info about possible suppliers - I am aware IBM have facilities...
Dear Members, Last month I had the pleasure of delivering a Speaker session on BS25999, at Information System Audit & Control Association (ISACA) Karachi...
Hi Mick, ask Equinix Germany. Mit besten Grüßen / With best Regards Werner Dettinger Senior Specialist BC Equinix (Germany) GmbH Frießstraße 26 60388...
I'm looking for a public domain map that shows the predicted spread of seasonal influenza. Is anyone aware if anything like this exists? Links? Thanks....
Hi, I have a client who has a "split production" site. i.e. Half his production servers are at Site-1 and the other half at Site-2. Their respective DR...
As a simple example I would offer the following: Consider site #1 and #2 with application systems A, B C & D. In site #1 you place Production A & C and...
If you lose either site, you no doubt lose only a part of your production. However, you have doubled the chances of disaster (2 sites where production can...
In this day and age is it as straight forward as splitting applications across sites or using one site for all production ? What does the BIA say, what is the...
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Are you trying to influence IT on the 'error of their ways' or are you trying to be prescriptive on how things should be done? If something goes wrong with...
Hi All: I'm in the process of establishing a maintenance program and wanted to bounce a few ideas with the group, which by the way have been extremely helpful...
The authors email address EMC.COM fooled me because as a company EMC has been a leader in BC capability for it's clients. Also, this is probably the point to...
I thought this forum was a place for open discussions amongst peers. But I think this discussion is getting too personal. I'm signing out of this thread. ...
An interesting discussion indeed! Well, Simply "It depends! …is not an appropriate answer in BC terms. In BC and DR we talk of recovery plans, cold, warm and...
I was going through our risk assessment stuff and looking at the endless pages of risk identifications and evaluations. Why do we do this? Seriously, in real...
Well, here is another voice to add to the mix My thoughts on this interesting discussion: 1. True, it is operationally difficult to run a production...
Doing risk assessments will definitely not guarantee that risks will not affect us. However it is the difference between preparedness and non-preparedness. So...
Some suggestions to try for BS25999 certification would be UKAS, LRQA, NICEIC (NQA) for a start. Hope these help Regards Lisa Badcock IT Governance Ltd ...
I might suggest that knowing the threats and working to mitigate or avoid them is a cost-effective approach. Â The anti-threat effort might 1. save lives (and...
Dear, You can find SGS as one of the largest Certification Body in your country....if not you can contact them throiugh www.sgs.com Cheers ! On Wed, Jun 10,...
Thanks for the many great points so far. And I’m glad this is an interesting topic for some. Judging by the responses, I feel I did not describe my...
To respond to this provocative question: From my perspective, the utility of risk assessments comes from the risk mitigation as well as the recovery and...
Logically, if you have a budget (implying both need and resources) which would permit dual failover load-balanced sites you would do that. However if there is...