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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing as the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery.

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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources The past twenty-five years have seen a lot of changes in the world especially as pertains to business. It’s interesting to look at BCM practices that have fallen into disuse or are no longer regarded as beneficial or sufficient.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. It can be overwhelming if your organization has never implemented a robust business continuity program. It requires a budget and long-term commitment (hence why it is a BCM Program).

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. It can be overwhelming if your organization has never implemented a robust business continuity program. Section 2 - Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program Implementation.

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

ITDR Planning depends on Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Assessments The goal of ITDR planning is to prioritize the recovery of various IT systems and applications and to ensure that recovery capabilities meet operational requirements. However, being aware of these dependencies is only part of the planning process.

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

The goal of ITDR planning is to prioritize the recovery of various IT systems and applications and to ensure that recovery capabilities meet operational requirements. For example, there may be a way to manually process payments if the need arises, but there is no way to respond to customer e-mails without access to the Internet.