We see the crazy weather conditions and natural disasters rising, in addition, cyber terrorism echoing for years. It’s not a case of ‘if’ a disaster will strike your business, but ‘when’ it will. Surprisingly, it’s not the scope and scale of the event that influences how deeply it will impact your business, but it’s your business continuity plan.


Bellow will list the all-important main set of precautions and pre-planned responses to an event, laid out in bullet-proof detail and implemented with one driving focus: keeping your business running with little or no downtime.
Think about what would happen if your business was hit by a natural disaster tomorrow. Would it survive? How much downtime would it take to push you into dangerous territory? How much cost will that imply on your business’s image and financial sector?
According to an IBM study of all the companies that had a significant data loss, 43% never reopen, 51% close within two years, and just 6% will survive long-term. The characteristic of all those businesses that survive is their solid business continuity plan. It’s more than disaster recovery. Full preparedness bypasses the need for 2+ weeks of downtime, financial ruin, wasted salaries, and reputation loss – but it requires a higher level of planning.


Prioritize – Planning
Of course, the most critical part of your business continuity is having full backups in three places. Why three? One copy locally which you use each day, a backup on another (disconnected) device in the same location, and one in the cloud. That local backup is your life-saver for system crashes or cyber-attacks. Cloud backup comes into play when your business has taken a major physical hit, perhaps from fire or flood. Some companies can run entirely location-independent when using cloud systems like Microsoft 365, which can be enough to put them in that 6% of disaster survivors.
Backup
Of course, the most critical part of your business continuity is having full backups in three places. Why three? One copy locally which you use each day, a backup on another (disconnected) device in the same location, and one in the cloud. That local backup is your life-saver for system crashes or cyber-attacks. Cloud backup comes into play when your business has taken a major physical hit, perhaps from fire or flood. Some companies can run entirely location-independent when using cloud systems like Microsoft 365, which can be enough to put them in that 6% of disaster survivors.
Test – Simulate a Disaster
Ensure all employees know the plan and their specific roles in these scenarios if something goes wrong. You can test, prepare and rehearse your continuity plan under simulated disaster conditions, which will uncover new obstacles, priorities, and additional threats.
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