CISSP Training Guide

Introduction

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, many companies rushed to update business continuity plans to include the potential for terrorist attacks. Others had no plan to update. In fact, two months later an Ernst and Young study revealed that 53% of U.S. businesses surveyed still had no business continuity plan.

NOTE

Is Two Months Enough Time? The Ernst and Young study was released in March 2002. For comments on the practicality of creating a business continuity plan in two months, see http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO69705,00.html.

I find it startling, but not entirely incomprehensible, that this is the general situation among U.S. businesses. After all, businesses have ...