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Pandemic disaster planning: We give ourselves a grade of C-minus, and that's generous
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More signs that we're not doing a very good job preparing for a flu pandemic. This comes from "CIO/CSO Business Continuity Research, July 2007," an IDG Research Services survey of 215 CIOs, chief security officers and IT managers.
Only one-third of organizations (35%) have plans in place to deal with a potential pandemic such as avian flu.
Among those respondents with plans in place, most organizations plan to allow employees to work from home (76%) and/or will use their current business continuity/disaster recovery plans (72%), while 38% will geographically disperse their operation and personnel and 13% will outsource operations.
Overall, respondents provide a low grade for their organizations’ preparedness for a pandemic disaster. In fact, an average grade of C- (71 out of a high score of 100) is given for business continuity preparedness for a pandemic disaster. Slightly higher grades are given for preparedness for a natural disaster and for a man-made disaster 82 out of a high score of 100 for each).
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