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Ebola and Banks
Oct. 17th, 2014 02:06 pmA late post today, because this morning I was conducting disaster recovery testing for my bank. I find that very ironic, considering the current flap over Ebola. I also find myself in deep agreement with the comment that resiliency and the ability to handle outlier events is not efficient from a bottom line perspective of a single entity with profit as its primary focus.
In the case of my bank (the entity I'm responsible for) disaster recovery training means maintaining 40 or so computers and phones in various back rooms, waiting for a once-a-year test. Although these spare machines aren't primo, they are (and have to be) serviceable, as do the spaces we're reserving. But we do it, in large part because our regulators insist that we have a DR plan and that we test it.
Apparently regulators are not making sure hospitals are testing their plans, as evidenced by the Charlie Foxtrot in Texas.
In the case of my bank (the entity I'm responsible for) disaster recovery training means maintaining 40 or so computers and phones in various back rooms, waiting for a once-a-year test. Although these spare machines aren't primo, they are (and have to be) serviceable, as do the spaces we're reserving. But we do it, in large part because our regulators insist that we have a DR plan and that we test it.
Apparently regulators are not making sure hospitals are testing their plans, as evidenced by the Charlie Foxtrot in Texas.
