Re: Proof of impact of a "Disaster"

From: AJSage_ATL (ajsage_atl@hotmail.com)
Date: 08/23/02 

From: "AJSage_ATL" <ajsage_atl@hotmail.com>
To: <Leonard.Ong@nokia.com>, <james__mcgee@hotmail.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:11:18 -0400

We are actually in the second week of recovery from our site in Prague with
the flood that just happened. We lost the server, tapes and all data.
There is no expectation of how long it will be before the office is back to
work. DR planning is essential!

----- Original Message -----
From: <Leonard.Ong@nokia.com>
To: <james__mcgee@hotmail.com>; <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:29 AM
Subject: RE: Proof of impact of a "Disaster"

Hello,

There is a flood that happens a couple months back in Jakarta, Indonesia.
It affected almost every part of the capital, including the Central Business
District. Some buildings got flooded and shortcut their power generator as
well as power supply circuits.

All companies in that building including IBM, can't work with no power
supply and damaged backup generator. They had to work in another building
that seem has a mutual DR arragement or a backup site. Could you imagine if
there is no DR or BCP plan, what would happen ? even a month would not
enough, and finding cold/hot sites wouldn't be possible since every company
is looking at the same time.

While it is a MUST to have a DR or BCP, it is also important to test them
and update from time to time. Failure of doing so breaches the requirement
of Due Care and Due diligence. The Management can get sued for this. This
should be convincing enough :)

Regards,
Leonard Ong, CISSP, CSS-1, CCSE, MCSE,
             MCDBA, CCNP, CCDP, NSA, LCP
Network Security Specialist, APAC
NOKIA

Email. Leonard.Ong@nokia.com
Mobile. +65 9431 6184
Phone. +65 6723 1724
Fax. +65 6723 1596

-----Original Message-----
From: ext James McGee [mailto:james__mcgee@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:44 PM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: Proof of impact of a "Disaster"

Hi

I and my colleagues are having a small spot of bother convincing management
to invest in a BCP and DR plan. At the moment, off site backup tapes, UPS,
and a generator is about as far as it goes, no testing has taken place. Can
anyone recommend any literature with guidance to make a business case for
this?

Can anyone provide me with any statistics or good examples of a company who
has been crippled, or nearly, by a disasterous event that was not adequately
planned for. 9/11 excepted although any stats for that would be gratefully
received.

At the moment, there is the belief that "it wont happen to us"

Thanks in advance, and keep up the "good" work

JM

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