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g Nlilton* IVI es Tirmn keeps vital info safe in case of disaster By STEPHANIE THIESSEN The Champion I fs ironic that many corporations' disaster recovery plans wouldn't be accessible should a disaster anise. Studio CI is a Milton-based compaoy that migbt be thse ftrst to not just recognize thse irony, but do sometbing about it tbrough its Compact Disaster Recovery service. Stephen Anderson, vice-prestdent of Studio CI, is used to corporate executives looking puz- zîrd wbetî he asks tbem bow tbeir recovery plans -informatton sncb as procedures and emer- gency contacts - could be accessed if a tire rav- aged tbe building or sometbing like a massive black-out struck. Could tbe company survtve'? For how long'? -Businesses are big on disaster recovery. Tbey put time and money into it. But once it's donc, there's no access if there's a tire (or otber emer- gency),' said Mr. Anderson. a ltcenced private investigator. Compact Disaster Recovery is a new service tbat takes hard copies of important information - information vttal to tbe company's survival in any emergency - and puts it onto, a CD or USB drive. A copy is stored off stte at Studio CI's bigbly secured location. "To get in, it needs your finger print and an access code," Mr. Anderson satd. "A company's information is safc bere." The service bas been available for the past six montbs. In addition to being able 10 access information froto anywhere at any time, Compact Disaster Recovery oflers its clients access tu its tacility to meet. should it be required, complete wit lap- tops and other tecbnology. That's flot the only emnergency service that's provided. If a tire does break ont, an arson- trained security officer is sent wtbin two hours. "Once the ftre depaetment is done, tbey leave the site unprotected," Mr. Anderson said, addmng that means people cao boot the facility or the arsonist cao try t0 cover his tracks. This won't happen with tramned security offi- Tbe security officers cao also help police witb crowd and trafftc control. An exatople of wben tbe service would've bren invaluable was afler tbe ftrst World Trade Centre bombing (not 9/1l). Mr. Anderson said many companies sbut down because tbey ouid- n't function outside their normal location. "If a building is a dtsaster, it (thse business> needs to get up and munning as sooni as possible.' Somnetimes people question wby thse informa- tion isn't simply put on tbe Intemet. wbere it could also be viewed fromn anywbere. Tbe aoswer ts it's tben susceptible to backers, Mr. Anderson said. -see EXPANSION on page 12