Is BCP important? Is your company prepared? This BBC article “Disaster Planning Saves Wall Street” should persuade many managers.

What Other Companies Are Doing: How financial companies with offices in the WTC are handling disaster recovery in New York.

Cantor Fitzgerald: Lost over 60% of its employees.
Morgan Stanley: 3,700 employees in WTC, only 40 missing.
Aon Corporation (insurance): 1,350 employees in or near WTC, most safe.
MMC (insurance): 1,900 employees in WTC, 300 missing.
Fuji Bank: employees relocated to New Jersey.

Want to learn about disaster planning in Asia? Conference company BCP Asia hosts its annual conference and exhibition in Singapore on October 9 and 10. A mock disaster exercise and a workshop on crisis & media management are highlights.