IT failures have halted work for third of UK businesses in the last six months, according to a survey of over 1,200 employees, commissioned by systems and data resilience solutions firm, Adam Continuity. More surprisingly, almost two thirds (64%) of employees would not know what to do in the event of an incident as they have not been informed of their company's data continuity plans.
Philip Caulfield, managing director at Adam Continuity, commented: "Data failure is one of the most common disruptions to business continuity...To ensure that they are dealt with quickly and to minimise their negative impact, companies should be developing robust business and data continuity plans and communicating them to all staff. These should include clear strategies for retrieving compromised data in suitable recovery times."
According to Adam Continuity, the three most common causes of data failure relate to power outages, hardware problems or broken air conditioning systems.
"Too many business leaders focus on data backup only without considering how they would retrieve that data in the event of an invocation. It is a common mistake that if your data is safely stored your business is safe. If a contingency plan does not incorporate a strategy for returning that data to staff who need it, in a format they can use and within an acceptable timeframe then the fact that it is stored safely is meaningless," Caulfield added.
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