AT&T survey sees high take-up of business continuity amongst London businesses

AT&T Inc. has released results from a recent survey which found that business continuity planning is seen as a priority by 76 percent of IT executives in London who responded.

Key findings show that:

• More than eight out of 10 (83 percent) London executives indicate that their company has a business plan in place.

• The majority (72 percent) of companies have had these plans updated in the past 12 months, and more than half (52 percent) have had them tested during the same time.

• More than three out of four (79 percent) indicate that cybersecurity is part of their company’s overall business continuity plan, and a majority (51 percent) view cybersecurity as a key concern.

Survey results show that business continuity planning has ‘always’ been a priority for almost half (46 percent) of the companies interviewed and nearly one-third (30 percent) of respondents indicate that business continuity planning has become a priority in recent years.

The types of business continuity measures that companies have already taken in London include:

- Implemented Internet security measures (81 percent)
- Established backup and restore procedures (80 percent)
- Educated employees (76 percent)
- Established procedures for off-site storage and recovery of backup data (76 percent)
- Established redundant servers and/or backup sites (67 percent)
- Implemented protection against DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) (67 percent) and
- Used a service provider for outsourcing (49 percent).

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•Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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