"The capability of an organization to continue the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident."
The methods for ensuring that records are protected in the event of a disaster or other emergency, and the processes for recovering and continuing business operations after a disruption.
Risk Assessment: Identifying potential risks to an organization's operations and determining the likelihood of them occurring.
Business Impact Analysis: Assessing the potential impact of disasters on the organization's critical business processes, systems, and functions.
Business Continuity Planning: Developing a comprehensive plan and procedures to ensure that critical business processes can continue in the event of a disruption.
Disaster Recovery Planning: Developing a plan and procedures for the recovery of an organization's IT infrastructure and systems in the event of a disaster.
Crisis Management: Preparing for and responding to emergency situations that may threaten the safety and well-being of organization's employees, customers, and stakeholders.
Communications Planning: Establishing communication plans and channels for sharing critical information with employees, customers, and stakeholders during a crisis.
Data Backup and Recovery: Developing and implementing procedures to ensure the backup, recovery, and restoration of critical organizational data in the event of a disaster.
Legal and Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring that disaster recovery and business continuity plans meet legal and regulatory requirements.
Training and Awareness: Developing training programs and raising awareness among employees about the importance of disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Testing and Exercises: Testing and validating the effectiveness of disaster recovery and business continuity plans through exercises, simulations, and drills.
Data Backup and Recovery: It involves creating a backup of electronic data and storing it in a secondary storage medium, such as a cloud or external hard drive.
Cold Site: A Cold site is a location that is possible to use rather than the primary facility, but it is not ready to be moved into in the event of a disaster.
Hot Site: A Hot site is a location that is ready to be moved into instead of the primary facility in the event of a disaster, including all the necessary infrastructure, hardware, and software.
Warm Site: A Warm site is a location that is partially outfitted in case of a disaster, with a backup infrastructure and equipment, but not as extensive as a Hot site.
Cloud-Based Computing: Cloud-based disaster recovery is the process of protecting data, applications, and entire IT operations by utilizing disaster recovery services offered by third-party cloud providers.
Hybrid Cloud Computing: Hybrid cloud solutions include both on-premise and cloud-based disaster recovery services.
Mobile Recovery Centers: Mobile recovery centers are trucks or trailers with the required devices for business continuity and disaster recovery.
Electronic Records Management System (ERMS): An electronic system that manages records and can help businesses track, classify, store, and retrieve essential information in the event of a disaster.
Paper Records Management: It involves organizing and maintaining paper records, including documents, files, and folders.
Digitalization: Digitization is the process of converting paper records into an electronic format, making them more accessible for disaster recovery and business continuity purposes.
Information Security: Data security includes protecting sensitive data against breaches, malware, and other cyber threats.
Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP): DRPs are designed to handle different disasters and return businesses to normal operations as soon as possible.
Crisis Management Planning (CMP): A CMP is a crucial component of BCP that helps organizations quickly respond to crises and manage the situation while preserving operational workflows.
Incident Response Planning (IRP): An IRP helps businesses develop a response plan to any incident, including natural disasters, cyber attacks, and other emergencies.
Emergency Response Planning (ERP): ERP ensures that businesses are prepared to respond to any emergency, including evacuating personnel and securing facilities.
"The process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to a company."
"The goal is to enable ongoing operations before and during the execution of disaster recovery."
"Business continuity is the intended outcome."
"To assist in checklisting ongoing planning tasks."
"The ability of an organization to withstand changes in its environment and still function."
"It is a capability that enables organizations to either endure environmental changes without having to permanently adapt."
"The organization is forced to adapt to a new way of working that better suits the new environmental conditions."
"It enables the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident."
"Business continuity is the intended outcome of proper execution of both business continuity planning and disaster recovery."
"The goal is to enable ongoing operations before and during the execution of disaster recovery."
"Systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to a company."
"The capability to endure environmental changes without having to permanently adapt."
"By continuing the delivery at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident."
"They assist in checklisting ongoing planning tasks."
"To enable organizations to endure environmental changes."
"The organization is forced to adapt to a new way of working that better suits the new environmental conditions."
"By having the ability to withstand changes in its environment and still function."
"Resilience, the capability that enables organizations to either endure environmental changes."
"The intended outcome is business continuity."