BUSINESS INFORMATION SHEETS > INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY > NEEDS ANALYSIS > IT disaster prevention (IT 1)
Damage limitation
Many small and medium-sized businesses rely heavily on their IT networks, but do not always take adequate steps to safeguard them. System crashes, data corruption and other problems can have disastrous consequences and could even cause a business to fail completely.
To anticipate potential problems, and to minimise the damage caused by them, you will need to set up and implement an effective disaster prevention strategy.
This briefing focuses on IT. To find out how to reduce the impact of other types of disaster, such as fire and burglary, see Minimising insurance risks, IN 3.
This briefing covers:
- Assessing the risks you face.
- Pre-empting potential problems.
- Making contingency plans.
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