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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.

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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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Every Business Continuity Plan Should Include Disaster Recovery

everbridge

Developing a disaster recovery plan concurrently with the overall BC plan is an essential and efficient use of an organization’s time and resources. The analyses will identify critical components of the disaster recovery plan, such as IT recovery time and recovery point objectives.

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

Erwood Group

This deeper insight helps the business to focus resources, time, and money on these critical functions with better data backup, record retention, and manual recovery strategies rather than through resources in business areas randomly that may not need as much or any strategies.

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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. In times of crisis, a comprehensive business continuity plan ensures that every facet of the organization is resilient.