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2007 AT&T Business Continuity Study: US National Results
Title: 2007 AT&T Business Continuity Study: US National Results
Date: 2007
Institution: AT&T
Bibliographic Entry: “2007 AT&T Business Continuity Study : US National Results.” AT&T. 2007. http://www.att.com/Common/merger/files/pdf/business_continuity_07/US_Survey_Results.pdf (Accessed Nov. 5, 2007).
Electronic Link: http://www.att.com/Common/merger/files/pdf/business_continuity_07/US_Survey_Results.pdf
Key Words: private industry, business continuity, local markets, recovery, preparedness, planning, cyber security
Summary of Key Points, Issues, Conclusions:
For the sixth consecutive year, AT&T telephone surveyed 1,000 Information Technology executives on business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness in 10 US designated market areas: Boston, New York, Atlanta, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis/Nashville, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Key findings from the 2007 AT&T Business Continuity Study include:
• Business continuity is seen as a “priority” by more than two-thirds of IT executives (and 30% of executives view it as “not a priority”)
• Of the 10 cities surveyed this year, businesses in New York and Houston ranked first in terms of being the most prepared for natural and man-made disasters, while businesses in Cleveland came in last.
• Companies are more diligent about updating their plans than they are about testing their plans. Only one-third of all companies implement specific protective actions when federal or state government issues an alert for an impending disaster
• 82% of executives indicate that cyber security is part of their company’s overall business continuity plan (however, all executives interviewed were IT executives)
Name of Researcher: Katie Stout
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University
Date Posted: November 9, 2007