Business continuity uptake in UAE examined

KPMG’s UAE division has published the results of a comprehensive survey into business continuity in the Emirate. The survey suggests that a majority of the companies surveyed were planning to initiate a business continuity management program, however the following challenges remain:

• Most business continuity activities carried out by UAE organizations are IT focused and are likely to focus on technology recovery.
• Primary and secondary recovery sites tend to be situated too closely together; most companies have their primary and secondary sites within the same city.
• The average investment in business continuity is very low.

Highlights include:

A third of the organizations surveyed have a fully operational business continuity plan, with only 14 percent having no plan at all. The rest of the respondents are either considering developing a plan or the work is in progress.

Only 20 per cent of the organizations surveyed had a business continuity plan covering the entire organization.

The majority of the organizations surveyed spent less than US$ 50,000 on
business continuity while another 16 percent spent between US$ 50,000 and US$ 100,000.

73 percent of respondents that has used a recovery facility had this located in the same city as their primary facility.

Read the full survey report.

•Date: 9th January 2007 • Region: Middle East •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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