Harris Interactive surveyed 497 IT individuals who were either IT or business executives and the results showed similarities and differences in matters relating to disaster recovery.
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
NYSE Chaos
A computer glitch stopped trading for 40 minutes in more than 200 stocks at the New York Stock Exchange today. One of the key computer servers used to conduct trading lost connectivity to the trading network. As a result, stocks such as General Electric and ExxonMobil were unable to be traded. Until a backup server [...]
Survey Indicates Dangerous Backup Practices
Acronis, a major vendor of backup software, conducted an online survey of the backup habits of home users. Out of the 6,091 North Americans that completed the survey, nearly two-thirds (64 %) of users
Air Traffic Control System Vulnerable to Cyber Terrorism
In years past, there have been numerous public cases of hacks and viruses that have taken place across the United States. President Obama announced on May 29 that he will create a new White House office of cyber security, due to the nation’s vulnerability to cyber attacks.
Sensitive Data Missing From National Archives
The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts of sensitive data from the Clinton administration.
