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According to Computer Security Institute (http://www.gocsi.com/) Based on responses from 503 computer security practitioners in U.S. corporations, government agencies, financial institutions, medical institutions and universities, the findings of the "2002 Computer Crime and Security Survey" confirm that the threat from computer crime and other information security breaches continues unabated and that the financial toll is mounting. Highlights of the "2002 Computer Crime and Security Survey" include:
Respondents detected a wide range of attacks and abuses. Here are some examples of attacks and abuses:
The complete report may be read at http://www.gocsi.com/press/20020407.html.
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experiencing some type of information-related disaster never
re-open. Critical applications such as ERP, SCM, CRM, and e-mail
make protecting your information with an integrated business
continuity solution more important than ever before. Source EMC2 (http://www.emc.com/continuity/index.jsp#)
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The Costs of Business Continuity Planning
(A VISTASTOR whitepaper at http://www.vistastor.com/briefs/ROI.pdf) We have all seen the statistics:
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from Info Security News Magazine, 2000 Cited on http://www.hp.com/hps/briefs/bc_capability.pdf
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Excerpted from OSHA requires that all business with more than 10 employees to have a written Emergency Contingency Plan (ECP). For businesses with 10 or less employees a written plan is not mandated, but highly recommended. The purpose of an ECP is to prevent accidents, and if they do occur to be able to effectively control them and reduce their impact. Complying with the regulations set out by OSHA are generally beneficial to companies in that compliance results in lower number of injuries to staff, decreased severity of injury when accidents occur and decreased losses due to business disruption and the consequences of litigation when procedures have not been followed. These are the identical goals of any business or community disaster preparedness program. Adaptation of the principles of human safety in emergencies, such as evacuations, can be readily adapted by animal health professionals to the care of animals. This site should be visited by all planners. Well researched general and specific information.
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"80% of all companies which undergo a major fire never actually recover..." (National Audit Office) Cited by Ark & General at http://www.arkgen.co.uk/continuity.html>
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Over the last decade, the overall cost of disasters to the United States has grown significantly. From 1989 to 1993, the average annual losses from disasters were $3.3 billion. Over the last 4 years, the average annual losses have increased to $13 billion. On the Federal side alone, disasters have cost over $20 billion over the last four years. The disaster losses are equally as staggering for the American public. Since 1993, over 1.4 million Americans have been impacted by Presidentially declared disasters, resulting in the loss of their homes, property, communities, jobs, and in some cases their lives. This figure does not include the hundreds of thousands of people impacted by natural hazard events that were managed entirely at the State and local levels, and involved the personal savings and private resources of property owners. (The) emphasis on mitigation led FEMA to introduce a National Mitigation Strategy in December of 1995 to encourage a national focus on hazard mitigation. (See Federal Emergency Management Agency, "National Mitigation Strategy: Partnerships for Building Safer Communities," Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1995) Source: FEMA (http://www.fema.gov/mit/cb_intro.htm)
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"Mitigation saved the Anheuser Busch facility in Los Angeles after Northridge. The Anheuser-Busch Engineering Department retrofitted the plant to conform to the LA seismic code -- and the plant was functioning within days of the earthquake. "Without those revisions -- they would have sustained more than $300 million in direct and interruption losses." Source: James L. Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.fema.gov/mit/cb_bus.htm)
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Using the results of the (Castaic Union School) District's risk analysis, it was determined that the potential economic costs from either a dam failure or oil pipeline break following an earthquake were enormous. The first potential cost to the School District would be incurred from both building and content damage. Replacement of the school buildings would cost an estimated $7.7 million in direct construction costs (1995 dollars). Second, if such an earthquake occurred, alternative school facilities would have to be located and rented at an estimated cost of over $500,000 per year. Third, the community would have to absorb the costs of losing the educational services provided by the District in the time period between the actual loss of the facilities and the relocation to temporary facilities. The School District calculated the cost of the lost public services based on the operating expenses required to provide the services. The daily cost of lost educational services was estimated at $28,601. Source: FEMA (http://www.fema.gov/mit/cb_aqmul.htm)
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When you consider that most businesses experience two hours of downtime per week, those are incredible numbers. At Ontrack, we've uncovered even more eye-opening facts about data loss and the life of your business.
Source: Ontrack Data International, Inc. (http://www.ontrack.com/)
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Source: Quantum Corporation (http://www2.dlttape.com/proveit/is_white/continuity.htm)
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"On-line systems fail an average of nine times a year, with an average outage duration of 4 hours per failure." Stratus Computers Study quoted in Action Plan for Disaster (SRS-013), SunGard Recovery Services Inc. "In the three years prior to 1992, there were a total of nearly 1.5 million (IT) security breaches. wracking up costs of more than $330 million." Information Week quoted in Action Plan for Disaster (ibid.).
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