Jaco Liebenberg writes on the IronTree

Jaco Liebenberg writes on the IronTree.com web site that there are "six dreaded things that disaster recovery" protects a business from. These are:

"1. Customer disappointment: if you can't deliver what your customers expect, they may not recommend your services or worse, go somewhere else at the next opportunity.

2. Downtime: When your systems are down you're still paying employees who can't do their work. Apart from the wastage in time and money, downtime affects your customers, who aren't getting the attention they expect.

3. Human error: even your most loyal and diligent employees can make mistakes that could cost your business in time or money.

4. Hardware failure: something as simple as a power surge can compromise your data and cause systems to fail, so you need a backup plan in place.

5. Natural disaster: since you can't predict when we may be affected by a fire, flood or other natural disasters, the best thing you can do to safeguard your apps and data is to prepare for the potential loss.

6. Cybercrime: hackers target businesses of all sizes and since cybercrime more prevalent than ever, (and on the increase) most businesses will be targeted by a virus, malware or ransomware attack at some point."

If you were a business owner or executive and had to plan a disaster recovery program, how would you rank these "dreaded things" for a business you might operate? Choose a business type, place it in a geographical location, and then rank the six threats above in their relative danger and probability to that business.