Re: Year 2000 Disaster Recovery Plans

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have to agree with Terry.  It sounds like the auditors feel that you can run 
your business now without computers.  Most of our businesses can't.




therrin@isaac.net on 03/13/99 04:02:20 PM
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"Mike Cornwell" <mike@mcornwell.com> wrote:
>How detailed are other companies being when putting together such plans? Do
>you base the plan on the fact that you have no computers at that time and
>devise completely manual systems? And what is the scope of this type of
>contingency plan? Do you plan for just a couple of days, a week, month, or
>indefinitely.

We have no contingency plan for all the computer systems being
non-functional, because quite frankly, I don't see how we could
continue to operate the business in a completely manual mode.  There's
simply too many systems and too much automation to continue operating
with no computer systems at all.  However, we have identified the
mission critical systems that we feel absolutely have to continue
running.  Those get priority for testing and verification for Y2K
capability.

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