There's more to business resiliency than just disaster recovery. Even companies that believe they have an adequate disaster recovery plan in place often sustain crippling damage because they have not incorporated both proactive and reactive strategies for all three major threat areas: business driven, data driven and event driven threats.

Using this Business Continuity Self Assessment Tool is a good initial step toward becoming a more resilient business. Once you complete the self-assessment, you will be able to view a personalized graph that identifies potential gaps within the business, data and event threat areas. You will be provided with additional information about offerings and expertise that relate to your areas of concern. The scale and impact of a disaster in today's interconnected world has ambushed many CIOs. Don't be caught off guard.