Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning is about making sure your company can quickly become \u00a0operational after a systems failure, natural disaster or other interruption. \u00a0A holistic approach is required to get your doors open and employees productive. \u00a0According to recent InformationWeek research, IT professionals polled about Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are most concerned about protecting databases (68%), followed by email (45%), accounting data (39%) and network services (36%).<\/p>\n
It is important to separate basic data protection from business continuity planning. \u00a0Most companies have some type of backup in place to provide basic data protection. \u00a0When data is lost in an isolated situation, such as a hard drive failure, virus infection, or a lost device, your local or online backup provides a reactive way to rapidly restore your data. \u00a0Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery provides a proactive plan to pragmatically reduce the risks of a disaster recovery scenario. \u00a0Here are some important considerations:<\/p>\n
Start by gaining an understanding of your environmental risks and exposure. \u00a0For example, the geographic area your business is located in, \u00a0may make you more prone to flooding, hurricane, earthquakes or fire. \u00a0These variables may raise your risks. \u00a0However, if you are adjacent to a hospital or fire department, you may have a lower risk of losing power during a disaster.<\/p>\n
Evaluate your core systems to determine what applications and data you need to operate. \u00a0Basic services such as phone, email or order processing may put your business at risk even with the a brief outage. \u00a0If you are a manufacturing or retail business, \u00a0you may need to focus on supply chain integrity. \u00a0If you are in a highly regulated industry such as: finance, healthcare or government, you may need to focus on data recovery issues to ensure uninterrupted service.<\/p>\n
Outdated and unreliable underlying technologies may not be compatible with the concept of IT readiness. \u00a0Older systems may be more vulnerable (e.g. malware attacks), less resilient (e.g. surviving a power surge) and make it a larger challenge to recover systems in the event of a disaster. \u00a0Keeping your IT infrastructure up to date and compatible with the latest compliance patches and operating systems will make it easier to bring new systems on line in the event of a disaster recovery scenario.<\/p>\n
It is fundamental to your Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plan to understand your risks, tailor your plans to meet your needs and make sure your infrastructure is up to date and supported. \u00a0If you have questions about your risks and exposure contact your IT Service professional to review your Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans.<\/p>\n
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