Imagine that after months of getting your first product ready for market you send out an announcement with an error! What will people think?

Well, I just did exactly that. Two of us had reviewed the announcement, but in the end we were too familiar with the text. the word "been" is missing from our announcement.

I just hope and pray, no pray and hope, that everyone who notices it will give us another chance and that years from now we will sit back and laugh about it.

6 eyes are better than 4... having someone who is not familiar with what you are announcing should be your final proof reader. Yes, I have egg on my face..

Have a Business Continuity Plan is good business, and it may keep you out of court. I am not a lawyer, but this is one issue you need to understand.

If your firm has contracts with clients, maybe some outside investors, or purchase agreements with vendors, as the principal at your firm you may be liable for terms of the agreement. If your firm suffers a serious/fatal business interruption, you personally may be financially responsible for the terms of the agreement if YOU neglected to have a current and complete Business Continuity Plan in place.

Follow this link to read more! Good Luck, Best to Plan!

Vendors, are sometimes like spouses. When you are getting along, everything is perfect. But forget a chore (like paying an invoice) and you get the cold shoulder. But can a vendor kill you? ABSOLUTELY. Follow this link to learn more about Supply Chain Continuity

Extortion makes the paper! Yes, finally a firm has cooperated with the FBI and the extortionist goes to jail. How often does the firm just pay the bad guy because the press they get over the loss of confidential data would kill the company?

Part of a thorough BC/DR Plan will help a firm prevent data loss or server theft as well as how to handle this situation.

Follow this link to read about "The bad guy going to jail"

Whenever I teach a BC/DR Plan Development Workshop, we always talk about phone system failure or circuit outages. Everyone tells me that it is not a big deal, they can call my cell phone.

Bad answer.

Read here for a real life situation

In an earlier post the new regarding the network admin and the City of San Francisco was brought to light. Today's article exposes some of the details regarding this situation.

Every CEO needs to have administrator credentials to EVERY system in the firm. END OF STORY! There is no excuse for flunking Executive Password Management 101.

It is like putting a huge portion of the firm's money into an account that only 1 mid level employee has total control over.

Read about it here

This is a great report and highlights the issue that allowing people to do things because it is convenient can create huge security risks. Please take the time to read this report and really look at your firms security risks.

This is an issue that is covered in the Framework IT BC/DR Plan Development Workshop and in Surivior or Statistic our new Plan Development software.

Read the article here

How does this happen? Lax security and oversight. This is inexcusable but happens for too often. Part of a thorough Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan is a security review and password management. A good password policy will mitigate the possibility of a situation such as this happening.

Read the entire article here