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

MHA Consulting

The BC professional on the team ensures that IT recovery plans align with business needs. Business needs are determined by a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) completed before disaster recovery planning begins. The coordinator also helps resolve problems encountered and removes roadblocks that might slow the process down. IT Applications.

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Every Business Continuity Plan Should Include Disaster Recovery

everbridge

Disaster recovery is the process of restoring business operations following a disruption. While often paired with business continuity (BC), disaster recovery differs in that it is a component the BC program. Which IT personnel will restore backups, after how much downtime they will restore, and when it is essential to restore.

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7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

MHA Consulting

The backups to the business continuity manager. It is often incorrectly assumed that the vendor handles backup and recovery for SaaS/cloud-based applications, relieving the organization of the need to think about this.) Gaps in IT recovery and business availability/recovery requirements. Team Member(s).

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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

Section 1: The Scope of Business Continuity Myth 1: Business Continuity is Only About IT Disaster Recovery or DR. Contrary to popular belief, business continuity extends far beyond IT recovery. It integrates people, processes, properties, communication, technology and other key areas.

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

Erwood Group

Let’s look at what happened with Tessco Technologies, a supplier of wireless communications products for network infrastructure, site support, and fixed and mobile broadband located in Baltimore, Maryland. Due to the outage, he was unable to execute a trade to exit a position and lost $70,000.00 in a single day. Tessco Technologies.