Companies in New York tended to test and update their continuity plans much more frequently than enterprises elsewhere. Nearly 90 percent of New York companies have updated their plans, and almost 80 percent have tested them in the last 12 months. "That's probably because of the continuing threat levels there," said Allen, but it also could be because of the fresh memory of last summer's blackout.
On the IT side, 40 percent of companies surveyed admitted that they're skating on thin ice by not having redundant servers and/or backup sites.
The apathy is understandable, said Allen, if distressing. "Time goes by and you forget about [things like 9/11] and the press of business intervenes."
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