Business continuity message getting through?

Document management company Version One said the result was a 20% increase on January 2006 figures, when the firm carried out similar research.

Just over a third (37%) said said they had a "full" business continuity plan in place, while 43% claimed to have a "reasonable" plan that would provide between 60% and 80% recovery within 12 months of a disaster.

However, there were some doubts over how adequate the plans were. A third (32%) failed to explain what their plan involved, while only a few could confirm their arrangements covered all the key areas, such as on-site security, staff/office re-location, communications, IT-back-up and secure document storage.

Tony Bray, Version One's sales and marketing director said: "It's heartening that so many organisations are claiming to have business recovery plans in place should the worst happen.

"However, it’s also clear that companies who claim to have reasonable plans are failing to consider all areas of the business when preparing for a disaster."