Comdisco research confirms net dependence & inadequate recovery plans

Comdisco Research Confirms Net Dependence & Inadequate Recovery The

1997

Index@,

Vulnerability

commissioned

by

Comdisco,

-

raises

reliance

on the Internet,

wide-area

networks

exposure

to

intranets

and

-

Internet‘

conducting

system

recently, compar&s using E-inlil are more Iikely to be! vulnerable ~0 libel actions, said a report in Camputer Weekly. The insurer made a I-Ii& Court apology and

applications;

49% of the companies the

may be increasing

corporate-wide

37% of companies are currently using the Internet or intranets for mission-critical

questions about how growing corporate

Plans

as

plan to use vehicle for

a

electronic

commerce.

paid

disruptions. “The

common

vulnerability,”

the

Continuity

network

organization.

presi-

Services.

“A

is the lifeblood

of

A disaster plan that

doesn’t make provisions network

The

is network

said David Nolan,

dent, Comdisco company’s

thread

recovery

the

Vulnerability

Index

also

with

formal

disaster

recovery

plans include multiple geographic

loca-

tions in their recovery

com-

plans.This

The survey’s conclusions

rietary research study commissioned Comdisco

-

Index

is a propby

Only 25% of the companies surveyed

with more than 200 of the largest users in the US, Canada and UK.

for network

Contact:

recovery

- two of the

Diane

LAUX, Comdisco,

tel: [l] E-

Internet Addiction: Disorder or Cyberhoax? Two years ago, NY Goldberg describing

a new addiction

who

preferred

than

socialise

Although

psychiatrist

Ivan

made a name for himself by -

people

surfing the Web with

Goldberg’s

spoof

on society’s

own

addictive

their

fascination

amongst the “netizens”.

was with

it

an

article

Federwisch humour

a its

spread

However, some

just

published

Publishing,

writer

assesses the hoax

highlights

dangers

Internet

use”

how

explain

all the

people

do

seeking

say that they have preliminary

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can

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read

the

story

a story

Libels have to be read by only one per&k

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-

Defeced E-mails on the system.

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-

Use automa.tic d&G data inaccurate.

that if there is no such thing as “pathological

or be

-

use. It

but points out

ment? You

to support the claim.

and the

of Internet

the scepticism

researchers now insist that people are becoming addicted to the Internet, and research

by Anne

to present an impartial picture

of possible

families.

posting

behaviour,

rather

In

Nurseweek

that

implies

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(average revenue $2.5 bn)

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internal

treated with the sort of caution

have a detailed written recovery plan or a testing and evaluation program most critical aspects of any disaster recovery program

settlement

that applies to publishing in a newspapa.

and is based on interviews

of technology

Wrstrrn

sending E-mails - inside outside a company - should

already associated with enterprise-wide computing. The Vulnerability

are as follows:

this

the high level of vulnerability

disaster, adding hours and even days to a situation where minutes count.”

to

over libellous

E-mails sent by st&?. Companies must educate their staff over use of E-mail because

revealed only one in three (34%) companies

pounds

for enterprise

only compounds

1997

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Provident

they treatat:

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protect

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1997

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