With the rapid growth of information technology, security professionals have two options: evolve or dissolve. To stay relevant in an organization, one must update himself by reading books like the sixth edition of the Information Security Management Handbook addressing up-to-date issues in physical and logical security and business continuity.
Enterprises recognize the need to develop a business continuity plan by virtue of government legislation, insurance requirements, and the threat of litigation from third parties. In the US, BCP initiatives were in response to the business losses and a reaction to many high-profile corporate accounting scandals, including Enron and WorldCom.
