Disasters should be top risk concern

Following the impact of catastrophic events in 2011, businesses are questioning their preparation for natural disasters, reports Enterprise Innovation. IBM shared six disaster preparedness tips for individuals and businesses to protect their IT environments, including: consider employees and the personal impact of a disaster, develop various ways to communicate with employees/partners, validate a data backup plan, and plan for catastrophic events that could last a while.

"People and businesses are relying on technology now more than ever, which creates an urgent need to protect critical data and keep IT systems up and running when a natural disaster or other unexpected outage occurs," said Lilian Hwang, Country Manager, Information Technology Services, Global Technology Services, IBM Singapore. "In these situations, it's clear that those who have moved from the old model of 'experience and react' to a new one of 'anticipate and adjust' will fare much better."