In a recent survey commissioned by Cisco and conducted by InsightExpress, concerns were validated regarding the state of U.S. organizations’, both public and private, ability to continue operations if major business interruptions occurred.

Of the many interesting observations revealed in the survey, one that remains troubling for the business contiuity community, is that business continuity and resilience were not the main drivers for implementing remote access for workers.

You can read more about this topic in an article that was written by Matthew Harwood, who presents and  discusses other findings from the survey and was recently cited in a posting in the Security Management magazine by clicking here.

iJet Intelligent Risk Systems, a provider of global intelligence and business resiliency services, has announced the publication of its annual Business Resiliency Survey Results for 2009.

Some of the good news from the survey is that business resiliency planning appears to be more mature than expected, and, that senior management has increased its focus on this topic.  Some of the other findings have indicated that the number of disruptions to organizations were increasing with both frequency and severity.

We suggest reading this report to not only gather information on this important topic, but more importantly to find that information most relevant to each of your individual organizations.

Click here to download the full report.