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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing as the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery. However the most important terms to learn at the outset are surely business continuity and IT disaster recovery since they speak to the principal division of the entire field.

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Disaster Recovery Plan vs. Business Continuity Plan: Is There a Difference?

Diligent

Disaster recovery and business continuity are two terms often used interchangeably – but doing so risks missing some of the key differences between the two strategies. To debunk the disaster recovery plan vs. business continuity plan debate, we look at: What each means. What is Disaster Recovery?

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Risk Assessment, BIA, SLAs, RTOs, and RPOs: What’s the Link? MTD and MTDL

Zerto

Risk assessment, business impact analysis (BIA), and service level agreement (SLAs) are indispensable to the development and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans. Differentiating Between Risk Assessment (RA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA). What Is Risk Assessment?

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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 Disaster Recovery Plan? Learn More About what is Disaster Recovery Plan.

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All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources

MHA Consulting

We write a lot about BIAs in our blog and ebooks, and no wonder: the business impact analysis is the cornerstone of a sound business continuity program. It helps them prioritize which of their processes and systems they should protect the most and restore the fastest in order to minimize the impact of an outage on the organization.

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(Un)Realistic Expectations

KingsBridge BCP

Even after a pandemic, endless weather incidents, outages and more, your customers and employees generally will have an “I need it, and I need it NOW” mindset. Part of our job is to ensure expectations are reviewed when business processes are documented in a Business Impact Analysis. How do we avoid this?

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Section 4 - Business Impact Analysis. Section 7 - IT Disaster Recovery Plan. 4 – Business Impact Analysis. 7 – IT Disaster Recovery Plan. 4 – Business Impact Analysis. 7 – IT Disaster Recovery Plan. 4 – Business Impact Analysis.