now the interesting thing with this survey is that only IT folks were contacted

New Global Survey from Kroll Ontrack Reveals Major Weaknesses in Enterprise 
Compliance Policies

Kroll Ontrack recently released the results of a global survey that showed many 
companies fail to include data recovery as part of their companies’ compliance 
policies, opening themselves up to dire business consequences. Despite the fact 
that 78 percent of respondents believe that data recovery is the most important 
component of a compliance plan, only 50 percent say it is part of their 
company’s compliance policy. 

Given the penalties, it is startling that nearly half of respondents, 43 
percent, said they don’t believe their companies test their backup systems to 
ensure data can be produced if needed. Because natural disasters (i.e. the San 
Diego fires and Hurricane Katrina), human error, and software and hardware 
malfunctions are unpredictable, this finding reveals that critical electronic 
data is in jeopardy of being unrecoverable, making companies vulnerable to 
business-halting sanctions.  

link to the press release

Peter Kurilecz
richmond va


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