Disaster Recovery Journal Winter 2022

Disaster Recovery Journal 1862 Old Lemay Ferry, Arnold, MO 63010 (636) 282-5800; Fax: (636) 282-5802

Internet: www.drj.com E-mail: drj@drj.com EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER Bob Arnold bob@drj.com EDITOR IN CHIEF Jon Seals jon@drj.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Pam Clifton PRESIDENT Bob Arnold bob@drj.com DIRECTOR OF EVENTS Lesley Vinyard lesley@drj.com REGISTRATION MANAGER Rose Chotrow rose@drj.com SENIOR WEB DESIGNER Amy Faulkner amy@drj.com PROGRAMS MANAGER Emily Rice emily@drj.com EVENT MARKETING Sonal Patel sonal@drj.com

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

COVER Shifting Baselines: Strategies to Build Your Program and Gain Support By REGINA PHELPS

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14 Tips to Selecting the Right BaaS Solution to Protect Your IT Environment By JEROME WENDT 20 Identifying The Right Impact Categories for Your BIA and How to Rate Them By MICHAEL HERRERA & RICHARD LONG 28 Ways Winter Weather Can Disrupt Business – and What to Do About It By SHANNON COPELAND 32 Career Spotlight: Gabrielle Sandy By PETER LAZ 34 Updating Your Business Continuity Plan for a Distributed Workforce By KATE FULKERT 36 Hurricanes and Climate Change – What We Know Now By THOMAS VARNEY

38 Unified Management Is Key to Securing Your Data and Building Business Success By AHSAN SIDDIQUI 40 IT Insights: How Disaster Has Propelled the Shift to Cloud By JESSE STOCKALL 42 Your Disaster Recovery Strategy Needs These Three Key Components Now By DON BOXLEY 44 What Resilience Means To Me By SARAH GARRINGTON 48 BC Software Directory

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Dan Bailey, Jeff Dato, Peter Laz, Frank Perlmutter, Ann Pickren, Steve Piggott, Tracey Rice, Randy Till, Damian Walch, Belinda Wilson EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Selma Coutinho, James Green, David Halford, John Hill, Kim Hirsch, Ray Holloman, Colleen Huber, Vaishali Jain, Cary Jasgur, Lisa Jones, Joan Landry, Joe Layman, Melanie Lucht, Katherine Whitaker, Matt Ziska + (51) 1 436 6456 fijo Perú + 1 (786) 600 1864 USA ruth.rocha@drjenespanol.com www.drjenespanol.com ASIA Business Continuity Planning Asia Pte Ltd (BCP Asia) Henry Ee 1 Commonwealth Lane #08-27 One Commonwealth Singapore 149544 Phone: (65) 6325 2080 Fax: (65) 6223 5363 General: enquiry@bcpasia.com Events: conference@bcpasia.com Direct: henry@bcpasia.com www.bcpasia.com UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Continuity and Resilience ADivisionofCOREMANAGEMENTCONSULTING Dhiraj Lal , Executive Director P.O. Box127557, AbuDhabi, UnitedArabEmirates ( +971 2 8152831 | 7 +971 2 8152888 dhiraj@continuityandresilience.com www.continuityandresilience.com SOUTH AMERICA DRJ en Espanol Ruth Rocha , Directora Comercial

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