What would happen if all of the world’s computing resources were suddenly no longer usable? It would be chaos! Finance, transportation, communications, all human activities rely on IT.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, this scenario is unlikely, especially since most organizations that rely on technology have a business continuity plan in place to confidently deal with their greatest threats.<\/p>\n
In this article, find out exactly what a business continuity plan is and how important it is for an organization to have one and keep it up to date.<\/p>\n
Business continuity is the ability of an organization to maintain its critical functions during and after a disaster.<\/p>\n
A business continuity plan sets up risk management processes and procedures to prevent disruptions to critical services and restore full functionality as quickly and smoothly as possible.<\/p>\n
The ultimate goal of a business continuity plan is to keep critical functions operational during a disaster or at least to restore them with the least amount of downtime possible. Obviously, today, these functions are mostly computerized or rely on the use of computer hardware.<\/p>\n
A business continuity plan takes into account various unpredictable events such as natural disasters, fires, epidemics, cyber attacks and other external threats. These also determine:<\/p>\n
Business continuity is important for organizations of all sizes, but it is typically only absolutely necessary for larger organizations to maintain all of their day-to-day operations during a disaster.<\/p>\n
In fact, according to many experts, the first step in developing a business continuity plan is to decide which IT functions are critical and allocate the available budget accordingly. These functions and the budget will obviously vary depending on each organization.<\/p>\n
Once the essential elements have been identified and the budget set, administrators can put in place systems to guarantee high IT availability<\/a>.<\/p>\n For a rapid IT system recovery following a disaster, organizations can keep up-to-date copies of data in different geographical locations instead of simply the main data centre using technologies such as disk mirroring and online backup<\/a>.<\/p>\n Employees can therefore continue to access data without interruption while protecting the business from a computer data loss<\/a> if a location is affected by a disaster.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n Book an appointment with us<\/strong><\/p>\nBusiness continuity plan example<\/h3>\n