I recently participated in some war-game-style what-if exercises with a small group of IT execs. The goal was to stimulate thinking about how corporations can best prepare for, and respond to, significant business disruptions, whether from terrorism, weather, biological threats, or other unexpected shocks. We were split into two groups, each with a particular scenario to discuss for half an hour. The groups were then flipped, so we could be exposed to both scenarios. The first situation involved a global health pandemic that begins to spread out of control, based on human-to-human transmission. The second involved a near-total shutdown of global IP networks.
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