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Dust Off ' Or Whip Up ' Your Disaster Recovery Contracts and Security Procedures
Events such as Sept. 11 and the war with Iraq have brought issues such as disaster recovery and IT security measures to the forefront of the business world.
Optimize Research surveyed 165 business technology professionals. The results showed that ' two-thirds consider[ed] business contingency planning to be extremely important to their company as a direct result of ' terrorist attacks,' technology and business writer John Eckhouse reported in the article 'What's Your Plan?' for Optimize Magazine.
Companies and individuals can protect themselves by taking steps to ensure that proper contingency measures and security procedures are in place should a disaster occur. First, a proper contingency plan is a two-step process. But a detailed contingency plan is only the first step. The second step is having a detailed written agreement defining terms of any disaster recovery agreement. Entities can also protect themselves from internal and external threats by having security procedures in place to protect IT infrastructures.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?