One aspect of cybersecurity is physical security. The concept, and practice, of physical security goes beyond making sure unauthorized personnel can't walk up to a critical system and tamper with it. You may find your organization faced with threats to more than just its IT systems. Hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters are just some of the physical dangers your organization faces and you need to prepare for.
To that end the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) runs the Ready.gov campaign. The goal of Ready.gov is to raise awareness for emergency preparedness. There is much that you, as an employer, are responsible for if/when disaster strikes.
Ready.gov's Preparedness Planning for Your Business page aims to assist organization with creating BC/DR plans. It offers templates to create an Emergency Response Plan and Business Continuity Plan. In addition to these helpful documents you can find excellent guidance on how to implement and manage your organizations preparedness plan.
Whenever a disaster or emergency arises first and foremost you must ensure the safety of your employees. Beyond that you need to ensure the safety of your business. In order to accomplish this you need adequate Emergency Response, Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) plans. These documents, and related exercises, serve as proactive measures you need to take in order to guarantee the safety of your staff and business during a crisis.
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