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Business Continuity vs Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

NexusTek

Unexpected downtime can be caused by a variety of issues, such as power outages, weather emergencies, cyberattacks, software and equipment failures, pandemics, civil unrest, and human error. The terms “business continuity plan” and “disaster recovery” are often used interchangeably, but they do represent distinct processes and solutions.

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BCP vs. DR Plans: What Are the Key Differences?

Zerto

These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc. Business Continuity Plan vs. Disaster Recovery Plan. What is a Business Continuity Plan? The business continuity vs disaster recovery debate continues to rage on.

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Sensing the Tremors of Disruption

Fusion Risk Management

Pandemics were on national risk registers and scenario exercised with national agencies in the UK and US just a couple of years prior; Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, setting itself up to be able to effectively target a resource rich Ukraine; and in borrowing so much during lockdown, we couldn’t avoid a state of rising inflation this year.