Business Continuity Plan (BCP) & Disaster Recovery (DR)

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Business Continuity Plan (BCP) & Disaster Recovery (DR)

What is a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)?

A Business Continuity Plan is a comprehensive set of plans to allow each business unit to resume business processes for each business unit. Up to 75% of businesses fail within 3 years of a major disaster. Understanding the needs of your employees during an unexpected incident is key. A good BCP starts with a good Disaster Recovery Plan.

Phases and life cycle of BCP

Preparation

Have a detailed set of plans to resume business processes for each business unit.
Ensure you have an up to date Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).
Leverage BCP outcomes to refine Information Systems recovery objectives to achieve DRP-BCP alignment.
Ensure the BCP plan is the right size for your organization

Phase 1

Identify BCP Maturing and Business Process Workflows
Establish the pilot BCP Project team
Identify business processes, dependencies and alternatives

Phase 2

Define an objective impact scoring scale
Estimate the impact of downtime
Define acceptable return to operations (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO)

Phase 3

Determine current recovery procedures
Identify and prioritize projects to close gaps
Evaluate the BC site and command center operations

Phase 4

Create the overall BCP
Update and maintain the BCP

What is a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)?

A Disaster Recovery Plan is a set of procedures and supporting documentation that enables an organization to restore its core IT services (i.e. applications and infrastructure) as part of an overall business continuity plan. We offer a practical approach that creates a concise and actionable DRP.

Phases and life cycle of DRP

Preparation

Disaster Recovery must be integrated with day to day incident management to ensure service continuity
Ensuring you have an up to date DRP
Ensure service providers are aware of your DRP and are in a position to provide services as needed

Phase 1

Set scope and establish a DRP charter
Assess the current maturity of the DRP plan
Identify Applications, Systems and Dependencies.

Phase 2

Define an objective impact scoring scale
Estimate the impact of downtime
Define acceptable return to operations (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO)

Phase 3

Determine current recovery workflow
Identify and prioritize projects to close gaps
Review the future state recovery process

Phase 4

Complete, extend and maintain your DRP

Other Services

We offer a variety of other services to assist in keeping your business up and running. These include:

Cyber Security Incident Response Plan
Tabletop Exercises for Incident training
Cyber Readiness audits
Information System Security Audits
Policies and Procedures such as Internet Use Policies

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