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Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning
A disaster recovery plan alone isn't enough. Discover why a complete Business Continuity Plan is essential to keep your operations running smoothly during unexpected events.
A lot of companies believe a good backup system is all they need. It isn't. Backups are just one part of a larger strategy known as Business Continuity.
Disaster Recovery (DR) is about restoring your data after an incident. Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is about how your business keeps running while that data is being restored. If your office floods and destroys your server, your DR plan restores the data. Your BCP ensures your staff knows where to go, how to access temporary systems, and how to keep serving customers in the meantime.
1. Risk Assessment: Identify the most likely threats to your business operations. 2. Business Impact Analysis: Determine which functions are most critical and how much downtime they can tolerate. 3. Strategy Development: Create actionable step-by-step plans for keeping those critical functions running. 4. Testing: A plan that hasn't been tested is merely a suggestion.
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