Most businesses know they need a plan for outages, cyberattacks and other disruptions. The harder part is building one that reflects how the business actually operates—and keeping it current. That’s where many preparedness efforts stall. Creating a business continuity or disaster recovery plan requires information from across the organization: critical systems, business processes, recovery priorities,… Continue reading 5 Ways to Use AI in Disaster Recovery Planning
Every business wants to save time. That’s one reason companies continue investing in automation, AI tools and productivity software designed to help employees work faster. But adding another tool isn’t always the answer. Some of the biggest time savings come from something much less exciting: building routines that prevent problems from consuming your team’s time… Continue reading 5 Business Habits That Save Time and Prevent Costly IT Problems
Creating a disaster recovery plan for a small business is essential. Operational disruptions are extremely costly for smaller companies, and a lack of continuity planning can threaten their survival. In this starter guide, we outline what to include in a recovery plan for your business, including critical protocols and technologies – and why they’re important.… Continue reading Disaster Recovery Plan for Small Business: Template & Tips for 2027
Back-to-school season is a good example of what preparation can accomplish. Families check schedules, buy supplies, adjust routines and solve logistical problems before the first day arrives. Businesses have a similar window in September. Before Q4 calendars fill with year-end projects, budget deadlines, holidays and employee vacations, there is still time to identify technology risks… Continue reading The Q4 IT Checklist: 7 Things to Review Before the Year-End Rush
If a ransomware attack, power outage, hardware failure or cloud disruption stopped part of your business tomorrow, what would happen next? Most leadership teams can answer that question broadly: We have backups. Our IT team would handle it. We’d figure out how to keep working. But those answers leave a lot of room for uncertainty.… Continue reading 5 Business Continuity Questions Every Leadership Team Should Be Able to Answer
Just how important is BCM Business Continuity Management, and what goes into it? Find out everything you need to know in one article.
To create a comprehensive plan for recovering from disasters, it is crucial to identify your business continuity plan objectives. Here are 9 objectives that will help focus your team’s efforts on establishing resilience in your operations.
When a critical system goes down, the first few minutes matter. That isn’t the time to decide who is responsible for recovery, determine which applications are most important or search for contact information for a key vendor. Those decisions should already be documented. Yet many businesses invest heavily in technology designed to prevent disruptions without… Continue reading When the Emergency Hits, It’s Too Late to Plan
A backup strategy can look perfectly healthy right up until the moment you need to recover. Backup jobs are completing. Monitoring tools aren’t reporting major problems. Your IT team knows the environment. Everything appears to be covered. Then a server fails, ransomware encrypts critical data or an employee accidentally deletes something important—and assumptions get replaced… Continue reading The 4 Most Expensive Backup Assumptions Businesses Make
When a fire alarm goes off at a school, nobody stops to figure out what to do next. Students know where to go. Teachers know their responsibilities. Everyone has practiced the process before an actual emergency occurs. Your backup and disaster recovery strategy should work the same way. Having backups is important, but a backup… Continue reading The Fire Drill No Business Owner Wants to Run
Let’s look at 7 business continuity examples to show how organizations have worked to minimize downtime (or not) after critical events.
The top causes of data loss for today’s businesses are human error, hardware failure, malware and other forms of cyberattacks. However, do you know how to prevent them?
