Ashley
J. Oliver
Oliver
COM Solutions
Senior
Network Security Engineer
2018
CISSP Candidate
Topic: The Significance of Business
Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery, as it relates to your business
Have you ever thought
about what you and/or your personnel might do in the event of an emergency? Of
course, emergencies do not occur every day, and there is no telling when or
where. However, emergencies are inevitable, and the purpose of this blog is
to shed some light on the importance of Business Continuity Planning and Disaster
Recovery. Take some time to think about the adverse effects that disasters
could have on your business if DRP is executed improperly or not at all, leaving
your company susceptible to vulnerabilities.
Mitigating the effects of
a disaster on continuing operations and speeding up the return to normal every
day operations are the core focus of BCP and DR. Plans and procedures should be
in place by organizations in order for them to execute these two fundamental operations,
in the event of an emergency. A primary goal of BCP is to assess the risks to
organizational procedures and developing the necessary measures in order to curtail
the potential impact these risks may have on the business in the event of a
disaster.
Your next question is
probably, who is responsible for performing this type of work? What resources
are utilized during the BCP process? And how much is it going to cost? An
important consideration here is that spending for BCP and DRP should not be considered
as an optional expense. In fact, a fiduciary responsibility of management should
be to make sure that suitable BCP methods are in position.
