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Managed Services company Attenda has announced that it has been chosen by APACS
to provide a disaster recovery solution.
Sue Yoe, Director of Technology, Information and Facilities at APACS, explained:
"All of the UK clearing and payment systems are subject to formal oversight and
have developed stringent security and back-up procedures.
"It was an obvious step to extend this to the day-to-day operations of the
association and ensure the safety of our electronic data.
"Planning was already underway when the terrorist attacks of last July took
place. The subsequent disruption and uncertainty in central London underlined
the fact that we were doing the right thing.
"We are also very keen to mitigate
the risk of any accidental damage to our building, positioned as we are near to
gas pipes and close to a future underground construction project."
Attenda is now managing a sizeable infrastructure which forms a dedicated
disaster recover solution for APACS.
This would be invoked as part of APACS'
overall Business Continuity Plan so that email, data and specialist applications
would be available to APACS staff via remote access.
Yoe added:
"In the event of a real crisis all employees could work from home.
"A disaster
rehearsal with 50 selected employees will test the new system this summer and a
complete emergency run-through with all staff will follow in the autumn.
"We were reassured by Attenda's compliance with ISO27001, the security
management standard, and their obvious disaster recovery knowledge and capability.
"Through
their real engagement with our issues we knew we could rely on them to respond
in a crisis. We are now reviewing the implementation with Attenda and discussing
our next priorities."
Source:
RedAlert
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