The Security Mentor

How well would your business do in a Katrina-type situation?
Remember that the slow hurrican cycle is about due to send storms to the Atlantic coast, so you need to think about this even if you are not in a Gulf state.

Don't figure on riding a disaster out in place. Even if your office is not under water, it won't have power. If you have a generator, you can't count on Internet access. And so on, even if all your employees didn't evacuate to Red Cross shelters in another state.

The first thing to think about is where you're going to resume operations. Plan this one in advance. Then work out which of your business activities are really critical. Everyone will claim their own job is vital, of course. Remember to allow for how long the disruption will last, and that it will be longer than you expect.

Then figure out how you're going to restart operations. Where are your backups? Offsite, I hope, but does that mean in an employee's home? What about all the licensed sofware you use? Do you have the license keys?

Computerworld article about disaster preparedness, mostly about hurricanes.