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Disaster Recovery: Personal and Up Close
6/8/2007
- Copies of will and/or trust
- Copies of powers of attorney
- List or copy of insurance policies
- Family birth/marriage/death certificates
- Copies of Social Security cards
- Copy of passports and other ID documents
- Vehicle titles
- Contact list: names, phone numbers, and email addresses
- Real estate deeds
- Loan agreements
- List of financial account numbers and institution (e.g. savings/checking information and credit card information)
- Mortgage paperwork
- Retirement Account Contracts
- Inventory of home contents (photos/list)
- Employment & Business contracts
- Adoption papers
- Citizenship papers
- Military service records
- Certificates of deposit
- Stock and bond certificates
- Jewelry/precious metals
As security professionals, it is important that we convey the right message. Just as we buy life insurance to free ourselves from worry, we prepare for bad things, not because we are paranoid or paralyzed by fear, but rather because we accept that reality of our world, and, by preparing for bad events, we free ourselves to embrace life enthusiastically and optimistically.
Doug Gale is president of Information Technology Associates LLC (http://www.itassociates.org), an IT consultancy specializing in higher education. He has more than 30 years of experience in higher education as a faculty member, CIO, and research administrator. He can be reached at dgale@itassociates.org.
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