CIO Insider: Are You Ready for Disaster?
September 22, 2005
CIO Insider - Your Guide to What's New on CIO.com
Sound Off: What Will You Do When the Cyber-Levee Breaks?
Are you bracing for Rita, or feeling relieved you don't work
in the hurricane belt? Either way, don't get too comfortable.
The Internet today is in the same position New Orleans was
before Hurricane Katrina: a heavily fortified resource of
incalculable economic and cultural value whose protections
will one day inevitably fail. Guest columnist Bruce Levinson
outlines a crucial role that most organizations have neglected
in their contingency planning. Someone to make decisions.
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Also in this issue of the Insider:
1. Disaster Recovery: Power Up
2. Information Security: The Global State of Info Security 2005
3. VoIP Security: Is Vulnerability Worth the Savings?
4. Software: The Bug in Daylight Savings Time
5. News: Microsoft Restructures around Ray Ozzie
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1. Disaster Recovery: Power Up
"Monday was not a good day." That's how Ray Johnson, CIO of
New Orleans-based Entergy, remembers Aug. 29, 2005--the day
Hurricane Katrina hammered the Gulf Coast. And he would see
darker days. But he and his team would also see success, as
they struggled against the odds to restore electric power
to more than a million customers. Read his account.
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2. Information Security: The Global State of Info Security 2005
To borrow from forestry parlance, information security is
an escaped wildfire. And according to a worldwide study by
CIO and PricewaterhouseCoopers, you are the firefighters,
desperately trying to outflank the fireline and prevent
flare-ups and firestorms. It's a thankless impossible
business. But amid the uncertainty and crisis management,
there's an oasis of strategic thinking.
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** Full Survey Results: Read more from "The Global State of
Information Security 2005" survey, including additional data
about security breaches.
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3. VoIP Security: Is Vulnerability Worth the Savings?
Voice over IP offers great savings in long-distance calls.
But without extensive safeguards, VoIP can expose your phone
system to the havoc affecting the rest of the Web.
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4. Software: The Bug in Daylight Savings Time
A new law that extends daylight savings time by four weeks
means programmers will once again need to check their
software code for potential problems in handling a calendar
adjustment.
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5. News: Microsoft Restructures Around Ray Ozzie
Feeling heat from Google and Yahoo, Microsoft is
restructuring to give more power to legendary programmer
Ray Ozzie, whose company, Groove Networks, was bought by
Microsoft two years ago.
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Thank you for reading the CIO Insider. Happy Equinox.
Sandy Kendall
Web Editor
CIO Magazine
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