A quarter of UK smaller businesses don't have an IT disaster plan

Almost one in four of UK SMEs -- around 1.4 million businesses -- don't have an IT disaster recovery plan in place. Yet, 80 percent of businesses who suffered a major incident ended up failing within within 18 months, according to the Association of British Insurers. A survey of over 1,100 IT workers by technology services provider Probrand also finds 54 percent reveal that their disaster plan isn't regularly tested to identify and fix any potential flaws in their DR process. In addition 33 percent claim that their company's disaster recovery plan has never been tested during their employment. A worrying… [Continue Reading]