One of the biggest IT threats your company faces is not being prepared to efficiently survive an IT outage. Whenever an outage occurs, it can be quite stressful and prevent clear thinking. A business owner can feel overwhelmed with the need to get the company back up and running as quickly as possible, making speed, instead of the quality of repair, their first priority.
OK, so here’s the scenario: A virus infiltrates your office, starting with the computer of one of your employees, someone who either assumes their antivirus software will take care of the issue, or doesn’t even realize there’s a virus at all.
Staff turnover is costly. When you lose the person responsible for managing your technology – or anyone in your company who has the specialized knowledge to assume those IT duties – your entire organization can take a significant hit.
The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The ancient Chinese military general Sun Tzu might have been around long before IT networks, but he sure knew how to make a lasting impression on the world.