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Every
business environment is prone to interruptions that may be caused by
natural disasters or man made problems such as terrorist attacks,
sabotages, accidents or fire. However, today's business environment
with its widely networked and technologically sound workspaces also
faces interruptions due to failure of IT infrastructure, cyber
crimes, malicious attacks, virus and Trojans. Irrespective of the
reason for interruptions, the survival of the business enterprises is
dependent on its business
continuity and disaster recovery plan.
Enterprises
need to be prepared for all disruption that can be predicted and also
for that which strikes without notice. Disruptions create great havoc
on the business and ranges from insured and tangible losses to
capital losses, customer dissatisfaction, desertion and complete
insolvency. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are practices
that promote an organization’s preparation for unforeseen risks and
help to continue operations. The combination of business continuity
disaster recovery being considered as single function has resulted
from the close collaboration of top executives and technical experts
working on the same platform.
A
business continuity strategy of an organization is a high-value
high-maintenance proposition that embraces a broad spectrum of
technologies from old, paper-based, manual and individual to new,
electronic, automated and integrated ones. Today's business scenario
being highly competitive, the top management needs to develop a
systematic action plan that can prepare organizations to face any
disaster and provide support the during emergencies. The business
continuity disaster recovery plan once put in place should be able to
help enterprises retrieve lost data swiftly and smoothly and protect
the business against unpredictable losses. Besides providing security
against natural disasters such strategies also need to offer recovery
of critical data in case of accidental deletion or large scale system
failure.
Further
with most of the small and medium enterprises using the services of
data centers either as shared
hosting services or
colocation services, the data
center service
providers need to have a robust business continuity disaster recovery
plan in place. Damages to the infrastructure of the data
centers because of natural calamities, electrical defaults or
man-made disasters may all lead to loss of data and disruption of the
business for all the enterprises that depend on these data centers.
A
robust plan therefore is one which will protect vital data against
potential threats, minimize operational losses, help to manage an
effective recovery operation, restore confidence among the
stakeholders as well as manage brand image and reputation. With
business
continuity disaster recovery being a continuous process leading
service providers with their expertise have worked out end-to-end
services from strategy consulting to implementation and maintenance.
Further using tools such as impact analysis, review reports and
cost-benefit analysis, the enterprises can identify threats and its
impact, facilitating customization of disaster recovery solution in
tune with business needs.
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It was a nice article on business continuity disaster recovery. It is very helpful to understand the importance of business continuity disaster recovery. Thanks for sharing
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