Higher education business continuity survey

Business continuity planning encompasses all the tasks organizations must perform to resume business after an interruption. A survey was conducted of professionals in higher education institutions and in the industry at large to find differences in the contingency planning processes for these two types of organizations. The survey also asked the respondents if the events of September 11, 2001 had a lasting effect on their contingency planning processes.; The survey responses minimized the impact of the events of September 11, 2001 on contingency planning. A number of organizations updated their plan information, but did so as part of their normal contingency planning processes.; The survey results showed higher education institutions as lagging behind their industry counterparts in adopting comprehensive business continuity measures.