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Safeguarding Your Computer Systems: How to Build an IT Disaster Recovery Team

MHA Consulting

This is especially true of IT disaster recovery planning (IT/DR), the aspect of business continuity that is concerned with the protection and recovery of IT systems, data, and applications. The BC professional on the team ensures that IT recovery plans align with business needs. IT Applications.

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7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

MHA Consulting

Step 5: Perform a BIA The business impact analysis tells you which of your business processes are most critically time sensitive. It identifies the following: All business processes performed and the recovery time requirements for those processes. Applications and systems used and their importance.

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Separating the Best from the Rest: An Analysis of Why Business Preparedness Is Critical in an Uncertain Future

Erwood Group

ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF BUSINESS DISRUPTIONS. Many organizations skip the Financial Impact Analysis. Conducting a Financial Impact Analysis is critical to helping a business understand the actual financial impact a disaster or disruption can have on a business. This is a mistake.

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The Top 8 Risk Mitigation Controls, in Order 

MHA Consulting

Very few companies, maybe 10 to 15 percent, actually use their recovery strategies and make sure they can truly achieve recovery of the business units, processes, and associated information technology. Recovery Team. Business Impact Analysis. Does it follow a logical progression of steps?