"By all accounts, business continuity plans should be tested on at least an annual basis," said Brian Turley, President of Strohl Systems. "It is encouraging to see the majority of organizations doing this, but the number of organizations with an untested plan is still too high. Those organizations are needlessly risking their operations by blindly trusting an untested plan."
Other results of the survey include:
-- When asked which event most concerns them from a continuity of
operations perspective 49.2 percent said accidental disasters, 36.5
percent indicated natural disasters and 14.3 percent responded
intentional manmade disasters such as terrorism.
-- Twenty-seven percent of the respondents said they use a virtual
command center when testing or activating their plans.
-- The majority of respondents indicated they receive strong executive
support for their BCP program. On a scale of 1-5 (5 being tremendous
support and 1 being weak support) 57.8 percent said they would rate
the level of support as a four or five. Only 5.1 percent rated their
executive support as a one.
-- Thirty-three percent of the respondents said they use an automated
notification system (up 8.2 percent from October 2005) and 26.2
percent said they plan to explore this solution.
The survey was conducted from Oct. 11 - 26 and included 322 responses from all major industry sectors. CPM-Global Assurance is a monthly publication that focuses on business continuity, security and emergency management and can be found on the Web at http://www.contingencyplanning.com.
The full results of the survey can be found at http://www.strohlsystems.com.
About Strohl Systems
Strohl Systems delivers the expertise and resources to help organizations build plans, practice for disruptions and prevail over disasters. The formula is simple - Plan. Practice. Prevail. Since 1988, Strohl's business continuity software and services have been developed around this straightforward approach and have been used successfully in many real-world situations. Our products include LDRPS(R) business continuity planning software, BIA Professional(R) business impact analysis software, Incident Manager(R) command center automation software, and NotiFind(R), an emergency notification system. In addition, Strohl offers PLANet(R), an Internet-based BCP tool developed specifically for community banks and credit unions. Strohl Consulting Services' offerings are designed to manage the business continuity process from start to finish or provide more strategic assistance. In business since 1968, Strohl Systems is a privately held company headquartered in King of Prussia, Pa., and can be found on the Web at http://www.strohlsystems.com.
