Up to 25 percent of organizations are at risk as they have no disaster preparedness and response plan, according to a SolarWinds recent survey.
Conducted by SolarWinds in partnership with Network World, the survey revealed that only 76 percent of respondents' organizations have a disaster preparedness and response plan for their business or IT department. An aspect of most plans includes remote access for employees to ensure business continuity.
"This result suggests that a staggering 25 per cent of organizations remain at risk of losing their data and systems, with potentially disastrous consequences," said Masami Hashimoto, SolarWinds Senior Manager. "We advise them to implement disaster planning as a matter of urgency, and to make remote support a key element in their plans."
Survey Highlights:
- Disaster preparedness and response plans: Almost half (44 percent) of respondents update plans about once a year; 57 percent of respondents who reported not having a plan, will create one in the next 12 months.
- Natural disaster business implications: 27 percent have not been able to go into the office because of a disaster and over 30 percent of those respondents missed a week or more of work.
- Data center recovery: When asked how confident their organization was that they could recover their data center in a reasonable amount of time, 30 percent reported they are "not at all confident."
- The survey showed that only 48 percent of respondents are using remote management software, which ensures that IT issues can be resolved regardless of location.
SolarWinds urges organizations to implement remote access management solutions that are able to prevent a complete IT failure, or diminish the full impact of a disaster.