Business Continuity Planning
If your server room was underwater, or ravaged by fire, would you know where to turn? Nothing in life is certain, but a carefully formulated business continuity plan represents an essential step in securing the immediate future of your business following a disaster. Breakwater IT’s business analyst’s are skilled in understanding the key functions of your organisation and helping you define the actions, and timescales for recovering or partially restoring your critical business functions after a disaster.
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is used to create and validate a plan for how businesses will recover and restore interrupted critical function(s) within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption. The resulting logistical plan is called a Business Continuity Plan and Breakwater provides a fee-based BCP service that is proven across satisfied clients.
A completed BCP cycle results in a formal printed manual available for reference before, during, and after disruptions have occurred. Breakwater an extend the BCP manual further by tailoring it to include technical requirements and readiness, and the creation and verification of work (business and technical) recovery measures.
The development of the BCP manual will have five main phases:
Snap-Shot of Features
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An impact analysis, threat analysis, and impact scenarios with the resulting BCP plan requirement documentation
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Identify the most cost effective disaster recovery solution that meets two main requirements from the impact analysis stage
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The execution of the design elements identified in the solution design phase
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Testing/Acceptance that the business continuity solution satisfies SFL's recovery requirements
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Annual maintenance of the BCP is broken down into three periodic activities:
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Verification of information in the manual including staff awareness/training for individuals critical in response and recovery;
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Testing and verification of technical solutions established for recovery; and
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Testing and verification of documented business recovery procedures.
Key Business Benefits
- Lower corporate insurance premiums
- Achieve potential regulatory requirements
- Fosters teamwork and alignment with the business
- Marketable contingency capabilities
- Higher levels of service to customers
- Increased IT Organisational credibility
- Increased Competitive advantage