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Perspectives: Pandemic Pitfalls
sponsored by Information Security Magazine
Posted:  13 Nov 2006
Published:  01 Nov 2006
Format:  HTML
Length:  2  Page(s)
Type:  Journal Article

ABSTRACT:

Many industry sectors are building strategies around protecting their companies and organizations from a potential bird flu pandemic. Most of these plans focus on having employees work remotely, a basic self-quarantine that keeps them out of the office and away from possible infection but allows the business to keep functioning.

These strategies, though, overlook an important fact: We are only as strong as the shared infrastructure and home continuity plans that support our remote users.

If everyone adopts the same approach to deal with a possible pandemic, we must insert the public infrastructure into our business continuity plans (BCPs) and disaster recovery plans; i.e., people must have running water, food and shelter in order to stay at home for a certain amount of time.
 
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AUTHOR: 

Richard Lawhorn
Chief IT Security Officer, Fortune 500


BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES:
Business Continuity Planning | Public Health Emergencies | Remote Computing
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