• Whether it's a low flood plain or regular power outages, you need to know about these potential dangers to your property so you can prepare accordingly.

• Make sure that, in the case of a catastrophe that forces you to close your offices, you can still access your most important business processes from a remote location.

• Look over your insurance policies, keeping in mind that most policies won't cover flood damage.

Please review the policy's coverage for business interruption.

Get everyone's home and mobile numbers and make sure they know how to get in touch with each other.

Make a list of key vendors and providers you work with regularly. Don't forget to provide your account information and license keys for any necessary software.

• Always have an off-site backup of your important files, whether on a flash drive or an external hard disk.

• A good rule of thumb is to store backups in a different location than primary storage.

• Important paper documents should be scanned and stored digitally.

• Keep your most important files and data on a cloud service (we recommend CommTech's CloudSync) when you're not near your office.

• Consider the importance of your company's apps and how long they may be down before it has a significant impact on operations as you create and exercise an IT DR plan.

• Create a contingency plan that allows you to keep operating in the event of a natural disaster, evacuation, or other emergency affecting your area, facility, or region.