Endless topics to discuss and yet we still find ourselves talking about many of the foundational things we should all be doing in our businesses.  We can only be accountable for our own actions regardless of the decisions of our vendors or our peers.  Who are the vendors I work with today and what happens if they are gone tomorrow? This and many other questions are discussed with Jim Harryman of Kinetic Technology Group.  As we evaluate our vendors and the services we offer we discuss having a predefined plan that takes into account levels of urgency.  In our case, we use the Defcon threat levels, and whatever model you use we are pretty confident that there really is a sit back and relax for any of the vendors we use for service delivery.