Essays on Threat Analysis and Risk Management

Some of the more recent articles are:

• How far away should a hot site or mirror site be?

  A question that is often asked when designing a disaster recovery plan is how far away a hot site or mirror site should be. Is there a simple answer? (Full Text)

• Supplier Risk and Brand China

  Recently there has been a spate of recalls involving Chinese goods. Is there something wrong with goods made in China? If you source components or products in China should you be worried? And what should you do? (Full Text)

• Should It Be In The Plan?

  A question which confuses many people is whether a document, data, or procedure should be included in the business continuity or disaster recovery plan, or should it simply be referenced by it. As so often is the case, it's a trade-off... (Full Text)

• How Many Business Continuity Plans Do You Need?

  You have a main office and several branch offices. Should you have one big plan, or one for each office? (Full Text)

• In Business Continuity, Size Matters

  On a forum somewhere in cyberspace, a poster lamented attending a lecture on business continuity. Her impression was that it was just backup. It isn't, but why might she have been given the wrong impression? (Full Text)

A small random selecton of older articles can be found here. A more complete list can be found in the the risk analysis article archive.

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