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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

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This is typically an issue with IT due to the intricacies and dependencies for things like authentication, databases, middleware, data integration, and cloud-based environments. These may be different than the workarounds used in a non-cyber application outage. Common Mistake No.

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The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

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In today’s post we’ll look at why organizations still need to be adept at IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) and describe the four phases of restoring IT services after an outage. Phase 1: Preparation Technically, preparation is not a phase of disaster recovery since it happens before the outage. Estimate how long the outage will last.

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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

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Here are some examples of vulnerabilities that can exist at facilities even after risk mitigation controls have been implemented: The backup power source can provide only a fraction of the power needed to keep critical operations running in the event of an outage. This is all to the good.