Contingency Planning
Organizations must plan for many events. Contingency plans do not focus just on an organization’s information technology (IT) assets. Instead, the field has grown to include all types of planning to make sure that an organization can continue to operate in the event of an interruption, emergency, or disaster. In recent years, the United States has seen several dramatic events that highlight the need for all types of contingency plans: the September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001, the northeastern U.S. power-grid failure in 2003, the H1N1 flu outbreak in 2009, Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and power blackouts caused by California wildfires in 2019.
When organizations talk about contingency plans, they are talking about holistic ...
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