Many organizations have begun to have a more focused approach to disaster planning. But in today"s perilous climate which not only includes terrorist attacks, but also the usual never-ending onslaught of hackers, crackers, computer viruses, "tele-thieves, This book explores strategies and solutions for disaster planning, mitigation, response and recovery for data and telecom systems and networks. It covers technologies that help keep connections up with the outside world, as well as how to use communications itself to prevent employees from physically getting in harm"s way, such as using audio and video conferencing to reduce the need for travel.