Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Articles

Business Continuity and disaster recovery plans are critical to business operations. With the recent disaster in the Gulf Region after Hurricane Katrina, The businesses that had a disaster plan may have faired much better than businesses that didnt have any plan at all. We never know when a disaster may strike but having a good solid Business Continuity Plan should always be included.

We have several articles that may help you better understand Disaster Recovery and how to build a Business Continuity plan.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - A Business Not a Technology Issue Hackers, hurricanes, fires, flooding, power outages, denial of service attacks, application failures, employee error, sabotage and now terrorism are helping companies to focus on the necessity of a business continuity plan...

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Business Impact Analysis Business impact analysis is a critical part of the business continuity planning process. This step quantifies data and gets into the real world issue of potential losses that can negatively impact your business. It is used to understand the most important impacts and how to best protect your people, processes, data, communications, assets and the organization’s goodwill and...

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Risk Analysis and Control In the risk evaluation phase, there are a number of key areas that must be covered. One of the most important is to understand probable threats. In an ideal world, which most of us have noticed does not exist, we would identify...

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Selecting A Business Continuity Strategy The risk analysis and business impact analysis have identified risks to key business functions. Also, the potential impacts and probabilities of these risks as well as the costs to prevent or mitigate damages and the time to recover...

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - The Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan Essentially, the plan addresses the who, what, where, why and when of recovery. Goal number one is to reduce the risk profile of the business. Goal two is to be well prepared so the impact of any disruption is minimized. Overall...