Prepared? Probably Not

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L.A. may be the land of earthquakes and fires and is likely a tempting terrorist target but local businesses have grown complacent when it comes to planning for disasters.


Those are the sobering results of a study released last week by AT & T; Corp., which found 34 percent of 100 local information technology executives polled believed business continuity planning at their companies is not a priority.


That’s 4 percent worse than the national average and puts L.A. in eighth place for disaster readiness out of 10 markets surveyed, behind New York, San Francisco and Chicago.


According to the poll, 22 percent said other issues take priority over disaster planning, while 19 percent said the probability of a major disaster impacting the company was too small to take further measures. Another 19 percent said they thought company disaster planning was sufficient.


It’s been 13 years since the Northridge Earthquake, and terrorists haven’t hit the city yet.


Not surprisingly, the local information technology executives appeared to take cyber-security more seriously, with 77 percent saying that guarding against computer viruses and hackers was part of their business continuity plan.

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Howard Fine
Howard Fine is a 23-year veteran of the Los Angeles Business Journal. He covers stories pertaining to healthcare, biomedicine, energy, engineering, construction, and infrastructure. He has won several awards, including Best Body of Work for a single reporter from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers and Distinguished Journalist of the Year from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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