Does your business continuity and disaster recovery plan include a pandemic response?
The Swine Flu outbreak has tested governments and enterprises’ ability to ensure the continuity of its mission critical operations. With over 27,000 people infected worldwide, schools, businesses and government offices have been forced to close and individuals have been quarantined.
This novel strain, which transmits between humans, has officially been labeled a flu pandemic by the WHO. A pandemic results from an epidemic of infectious disease that spreads on a global scale, creating both economic and social instability. Preventing the spread means that more individuals and facilities may need to be quarantined.
Organizations need a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) to ensure they are able to minimize their exposure.
While many large organizations have full redundancy for their data centers, few have complete and secure access solutions in place that enable operations to continue in the event that their personnel are unable or unwilling to perform their duties from within the workplace. According to Rick DeLotto, principal research analyst at Gartner, "The recent outbreaks of swine flu are highlighting the need for organizations to have pandemic plans that address workforce absenteeism rates of 40 percent or higher and stress the central role of IT to remain in operation during pandemics."
TruOFFICE for Business Continuity
Route1’s TruOFFICE service extends your organizations’ security parameters beyond the enterprise network so your personnel can securely access digital resources such as desktops, files, applications, network resources, and online portals from anywhere, at any time - a crucial pillar in any COOP strategy.
Users simply insert a Route1 MobiKEY into any Window’s-based computer with Internet access and they instantly establish a secure connection to all of their files and digital resources.
Designed for seamless integration into your existing business continuity or pandemic response plans, TruOFFICE for Business Continuity decreases the operational impact of potential quarantines and other business disruptions by enabling users to securely distribute digital resources, ensure full regulatory compliance with privacy and security of confidential information, and enable disaster recovery.
TruOFFICE is a simple, secure, cost-effective and scalable business continuity solution:
- Rapid deployment for emergency response
- No firewall or network changes for the user and organization; no hardware to install; no changes to existing architecture
- Quick user provisioning - A MobiKEY takes 10 minutes to provision and requires no server installations or network modifications
- Simple user experience and no training required - replicates desktop experience
- Secure – no transfer of data, no footprint of work session left on Guest computer
- Cost effective - no need to issue costly hardware (laptops, storage devices) and untrusted VPN connections
- Proven in DHS, other international governments and enterprises.
Are your IT services and security infrastructure ready to respond to a pandemic?
What do you do when your critical workforces have to be quarantined or can’t physically access the workplace due to safe travel concerns? Consider these questions:
- What are your organization’s mission-critical systems, operations and data?
- Can your organization perform these operations from another location or from the home of personnel?
- How are your mission-critical systems transferred or replicated to alternate sites?
- How can essential files, records and databases be securely accessed by personnel from any location?
How quickly your organization can resume normal business operations will depend on how well you’ve planned in advance.
For more details on how TruOFFICE can augment your pandemic response strategy, contact Route1 today.
