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"No one plans to fail. Those who fail
simply failed to plan."
Don't let that statement apply to your business. Take some simple steps, get professional assistance in performing the kind of thinking and planning outlined here. Remember - Any plan is better than no plan! After a disaster has struck, it is too late to say "I wish I had…". |
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Terrorist attacks. Floods, tornadoes and
other natural disasters. Power failures. Breaches of cyber security
that cripple a data network or hand company secrets over to global competitors.
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Small business is big business in this country
- accounting for 99.7 percent of all employers in the United States, according
to the United States Small Business Administration. But unlike their larger
counterparts, small businesses are especially at risk from disaster, since few
have the resources or knowledge to develop full-scale property protection and
continuity plans. |
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Having adequate insurance is essential, but is
not enough to save your company following a disaster. If you do not have
at least a basic Disaster Recovery Plan in effect prior to a disaster, you will
not be able to get back into business quickly enough to avoid losing customers
 and your place in the marketplace. How long did it take your business to
get into the position it is in today? After a major disaster, it is almost
like having to start the business over again, especially if there is no planned
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Almost everyone vastly underestimates how long
it would take to rebuild or get their business back into full production or full
service following a disaster. If you think that recovery from a disaster
will not be all that difficult or doesn't need to be planned for, think about
how long it took and the planning that was required for you to move into and
equip your current business location, or build your building, or to order and
install a major piece of equipment. Now imagine having to do that with all
of your business records gone, no access to your computer system, no building to
operate from, and customers demanding service or products and having to go
elsewhere while you try to get back into business. A real life example: October 17, 1989 |
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It is easy to believe or convince yourself that
your company won't be hit by a disaster. Disasters happen to other people,
right? The fact is that fires, floods, hurricanes,
 windstorms and
tornadoes, lightning strikes, power outages, computer failures, and even
terrorist attacks can and do happen. A disaster might affect only your
business or it may involve a regional disaster where your business is not
damaged but access is blocked, power is out, or transportation is disrupted. |
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A substantial number of all businesses
that close because of a disaster never reopen. Small businesses
are especially vulnerable, because few of them have the resources or
knowledge to assess disaster risks and develop comprehensive mitigation
and recovery plans.
 According to a study by the "Center for
Research on Information Systems" at the University of Texas, 50 percent of firms
without a disaster recovery strategy closed down permanently following a
disaster. Indeed, within two years, 90 percent of all firms that suffered
an external catastrophe were significantly affected, with 29 percent of those
eventually closing
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All of these are very real, serious threats to our local businesses. Yet
most businesses appear to be woefully under prepared to fend off such threats and
respond when faced with them. Should a disaster strike our business
community, too many of our local businesses would not be able to continue
operations. 
