Power Failures and Business Continuity Program Planning
When you prepared your Business Continuity Program plans you looked at the various risks and potential disasters to your company. Hardware and software failures are two potential types of events, but one of the most potentially damaging types of events that could put you out of business is a power failure.
All information technology systems run on electricity. Without the main supply, your systems have to shut down. You may have an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) but these will only allow you to shut down your systems in a controlled manner, they will not keep you operational. To remain operational after a power outage, you would need to install a backup generator.
See Power Failures and Business Continuity Program Planning By Michael Wilkovesky.
