public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from bhartzer with tags backup & why

June 2009

NYSE Stops Trading for Over 200 Stocks

A computer glitch stopped trading for 40 minutes in more than 200 stocks at the New York Stock Exchange today. Why did the NYSE not have a failover backup for this?

May 2009

Virginia Prescription Records Stolen and Held for Ransom

On Thursday, April 30, the secure site for the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) was replaced with a $US10M ransom demand. Why didn t Virginia have an offsite backup of the data?

December 2008

Business Continuity Plan, Why Do One?

Preparing a Business Continuity or Emergency Plan takes time and effort and requires some investment.