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<\/a>Preparing for disaster<\/strong><\/h3>\nCold, inclement weather can cause any number of potential disasters that can bring down a business. Unexpected storms, or storms that pack much more of a punch than anticipated, can cause prolonged power outages. Those outages in turn can lead to loss of productivity if your business can\u2019t open, or even worse, critical data loss if the outage is sudden and your backup power doesn\u2019t turn on immediately.<\/p>\n
Dropping temperatures can also cause just as many problems without a storm needing to be involved. Frozen pipes that burst can cause immediate and extensive damage in just about any facility. Employees that use a space heater to stay warm in the winter may forget to turn It off when they leave over the holiday break, inviting the potential for overheated wiring.<\/p>\n
The worst timing<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe holidays are a time meant for family and friends, not worrying about the office, your data, or your assets. This is especially true when the office is closed for an extended period of time and no one\u2019s on site to physically check on the facilities.<\/p>\n
Everyone\u2019s heard the horror stories about unexpected disasters that happen over the holidays to businesses. How about the\u00a0burst pipe on Christmas Eve that resulted in the entire staff rushing in on Christmas day in an attempt to rescue what equipment and paperwork they could?<\/p>\n
Or how about the warning over the Fourth of July weekend about excessive temperatures that caused employees to drive in to the office from three different states to make sure servers weren’t\u00a0melting down? Of course these issues can\u2019t happen on a normal Tuesday morning\u2026 unmanned facilities for longer periods of time than normal over the holidays are ripe for disaster.<\/p>\n
Identifying and monitoring threats in your business continuity plan<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"blizzard\"](\"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blizzard-1144177_1280-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a>Part of your organization\u2019s business continuity plan should involve identifying threats to your ability to operate in an ongoing manner. With the specter of hacking and data loss looming, many organizations focus on protecting their network and data from intrusion or internal misuse.<\/p>\nWhile focusing on data loss due to network events is an important part of maintaining business continuity, the two examples we noted above were both environmental threats that could have led to major business disruptions.<\/p>\n
The difference between the two? In the frozen pipes example, it wasn\u2019t until physical damage (and water dripping down the walls 5 floors below the burst pipe) was actually noted before action was taken\u2026 and by then it was too late. In the excessive temperatures example, the environment was being monitored so the employees were alerted immediately and took action to prevent downtime.<\/p>\n
By making sure environment monitoring is part of your business continuity plan, you\u2019re ensuring that factors such as temperature, humidity, flood\/water, power, and smoke are continually monitored just as much as you\u2019re monitoring your computer network against intrusion. Data loss and business disruption events can come from many sources, and monitoring as many as you can is critical to your business continuity plan.<\/p>\n
Is your business putting together or implementing a business continuity plan? Is environment monitoring part of that plan? If not, contact us today<\/a>. With nearly 30 years of experience in environment monitoring, we can help identify key areas you should be monitoring, and help you put a plan in place. Don\u2019t delay! Always remember\u2026 proactive monitoring is better than disaster recovery. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re right at that time of year when many businesses either shut down for the holidays, or have a skeleton crew manning the office or warehouse. We\u2019re also at the time of year when weather conditions turn much worse for most of the world; cold snaps, snow, and ice all can wreak havoc on an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[20],"tags":[37,50,34],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n
While focusing on data loss due to network events is an important part of maintaining business continuity, the two examples we noted above were both environmental threats that could have led to major business disruptions.<\/p>\n The difference between the two? In the frozen pipes example, it wasn\u2019t until physical damage (and water dripping down the walls 5 floors below the burst pipe) was actually noted before action was taken\u2026 and by then it was too late. In the excessive temperatures example, the environment was being monitored so the employees were alerted immediately and took action to prevent downtime.<\/p>\n By making sure environment monitoring is part of your business continuity plan, you\u2019re ensuring that factors such as temperature, humidity, flood\/water, power, and smoke are continually monitored just as much as you\u2019re monitoring your computer network against intrusion. Data loss and business disruption events can come from many sources, and monitoring as many as you can is critical to your business continuity plan.<\/p>\n Is your business putting together or implementing a business continuity plan? Is environment monitoring part of that plan? If not, contact us today<\/a>. With nearly 30 years of experience in environment monitoring, we can help identify key areas you should be monitoring, and help you put a plan in place. Don\u2019t delay! Always remember\u2026 proactive monitoring is better than disaster recovery. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019re right at that time of year when many businesses either shut down for the holidays, or have a skeleton crew manning the office or warehouse. We\u2019re also at the time of year when weather conditions turn much worse for most of the world; cold snaps, snow, and ice all can wreak havoc on an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[20],"tags":[37,50,34],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/a>Part of your organization\u2019s business continuity plan should involve identifying threats to your ability to operate in an ongoing manner. With the specter of hacking and data loss looming, many organizations focus on protecting their network and data from intrusion or internal misuse.<\/p>\n