Testing is crucial for business continuity success
While many enterprises are still struggling to get the basics right, others see long-term strategic ties between business continuity and business agility. In this complicated business environment, there is more to avoid than the trinity of fanatics, floods and flu.
Business continuity has recently become a popular topic of conversation. Polarized by terrorist attacks, accidents and extreme weather, companies are recognizing peril from many directions.
The London Underground bombings and the flooding of middle England in the summer of 2007 are good examples of the need for business continuity. You must safeguard your operations or risk catastrophic business failure.
Business continuity is not just about putting a few back-ups in place. Certainly, back-ups are fundamental, but people interpret business continuity differently, says Mark Chaplin, senior research consultant at the Information Security Forum (ISF). “How do you either prevent something from happening? If it does happen, how do you ensure that the business continues to operate?”
See Testing is crucial for business continuity success, by William Knight.
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An unexercised contingency plan could be worse than no plan at all!
Be sure to read Disaster Recovery Testing: Exercising Your Contingency Plan, Philip Jan Rothstein, FBCI, Editor – the only book on this subject – for valuable tips, techniques and insights. And no, this book doesn’t mention Zombies – or Tribbles. Maybe the next edition…
