February 17, 2006—A report released recently by AT&T Inc. finds that despite the hard lessons learned from last year’s hurricane season, 31 percent of Dallas/Fort Worth businesses surveyed still do not view business-continuity planning as a priority.
The report, “Disaster Planning in the Private Sector: A Look at the State of Business Continuity in the US,” surveyed 100 executives in January 2006 with direct business-continuity-planning responsibilities for Dallas/Fort Worth companies with annual revenues of $25 million or more. The report was issued concurrent with AT&T’s Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) exercise, which took place in Dallas recently.
About one in four companies surveyed (24 percent) have suffered from a disaster. The most common disasters suffered were blackouts (54 percent) and cyberattacks (46 percent). Because of the proximity to New Orleans, about one-fourth of Dallas/Fort Worth companies (25 percent) that have suffered a disaster said that their company was affected by Hurricane Katrina. About three out of five companies surveyed that suffered a disaster lost money because of it (58 percent), generally less than $100,000 a day (33 percent); although, 21 percent stated that it cost their organization $100,000 to $499,999 a day.
Nationally, more than 1,200 executives from companies with more than $10 million in annual revenues were interviewed for “Disaster Planning in the Private Sector: A Look at the State of Business Continuity in the US.” Interviews were conducted January 17-February 1, 2006.
For the full survey results, visit the Web site.
