Business Continuity Blog

A business continuity plan is a detailed document describing how a business will restore its essential functions as soon as possible in the event of a disaster. If your business experiences some type of disaster, you owe it to your customers and stakeholders to get up and running with minimal disruption as soon as possible. According to TechTarget, when auditing a business continuity plan, the goal should be to “determine whether the plan is effective and in line with the company’s objectives.” A good audit will identify weaknesses in the business continuity plan and suggest ways in which it can be improved.

When it comes to business continuity in law firms, it is a no brainer. Law firms are prime examples of businesses that simply cannot afford any amount of downtime.

Business continuity in financial services has evolved over the last few years. But many institutions have failed to keep up. Learn why BC is so important.

When disaster strikes, people within your organization must know what to do. Their quick responses will directly affect the financial impact of the disaster on your company. There are a series of critical activities that should occur first to safeguard your company’s data. These activities should occur in sequence, but this can only happen if you’ve considered the objective of your business continuity plan. Then, you should write the plan in detail and distribute it to everyone who will have a role to play.

When you’re in the workplace, one thing that’s important to remember is disasters are often very unpredictable. It’s never a good idea to wait until the last minute before backing up your data. For example, what if an unexpected power failure occurred, and all your files were still on the hard drive? Even worse, what if your device became infected with ransomware? With that said, in the case of any disaster, you need to be sure there’s a plan in place for recovering your information. Speaking of which, what are some disaster recovery benefits? Here are a few things to consider.

Who are the people who will be most affected when your company’s IT systems fail? The people running things in those firms that you consider to be your VIP accounts. You should do everything you can to make them happy, including engaging in regular business continuity planning. Have plans in place to ensure your IT systems are always up and running and meeting their needs. Ensure that you can back up all consumer data in a safe and effective manner when an adverse event occurs. In this blog, we suggest other ways that you can keep your VIP accounts happy.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery—it seems like a very simple concept, but there are things you don’t realize. Learn three new things that can help save your business today.

The 2016 hurricane season was predicted to be a one of the most active in nearly a decade. And, so far, the Atlantic has seen its share of fury. We are currently only midway through and there have been four hurricanes, eight tropical storms, and one additional tropical depression as of today. What’s fascinating is nearly every storm has made landfall this season versus drifting off into the sea.

People often use the terms disaster recovery and business continuity planning interchangeably, but while these two terms are similar, they describe two different approaches businesses take to bounce back in the event of a disaster. So what is the difference between a disaster recovery plan and business continuity plan? According to Dell, a business continuity plan is a strategy businesses put in place to continue operating with minimal disruption in the event of a disaster. A disaster recovery plan is more specific. It’s a plan to “restore the data and applications that run your business should your data center, servers or other infrastructure get damaged or destroyed.”

We live in an uncertain world, and there are many threats out there that might disrupt your companies ability to do business. To help mitigate these threats, companies create business continuity plans. According to MIR3 Intelligent Notification, a business continuity plan is a strategy to get a business up and running as soon as possible in the event of some type of disruption. The first step of creating a business continuity plan is conducting a risk assessment. In a risk assessment, you try to think of every possible business continuity threat and attempt to devise a plan to get the business up and running again as soon as possible should one of these threats occur.

We all hear about the basic rules of Ransomware prevention. However, there is nothing about how to survive a ransomware attack.

Well, Rio de Janeiro and the entire country of Brazil can exhale now. The 2016 summer games have officially come to a close. And, while there were certainly a fair share of “incidences” leading up to the event as well as dramatic side stories, there weren’t any major power outages or technical disruptions (at least that made the news). That’s certainly a huge accomplishment for the Olympics business continuity planning team in Brazil.

Backing up data from a network attached storage (NAS) system poses special challenges. It holds a lot of data, and the backup has to have enough capacity for it.

You may be able to back up to a very large disk drive. If not, tape can handle even the largest storage systems. The drawback is that the backup is local. If a disaster strikes the office, will the backup survive? If malware hits, will attached disk drives be safe?

Can small- and medium-sized businesses use modern technology to improve file and information storage and retrieval systems? Absolutely. In fact, with technology becoming more affordable, there is no reason not to take advantage. Let’s walk you through the benefits of business continuity vs file and folder solutions.