A Six-Stage Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Cycle

摘要

Can your business survive the widespread losses caused by a catastrophic event-natural or man-made? Does it have a plan to deal with such an eventuality? About 75% of businesses lacking such a plan fail within three years after a disaster strikes. Creating a comprehensive but workable plan isn 't easy, and after creating it, a plan must be supported by upper management, tested regularly, and adjusted as circumstances change. Employee training is ongoing. Anyone with risk management responsibilities should review the six stages presented here before tackling this task. The six stages were based on a literature review, 21 semi-structured interviews with a wide variety of companies, and two positivist case studies.