Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

Domain Topics
- All organizations face crises
- How well planning is conducted may determine whether operation continues
- Employees, partners, stockholders, and even government regulations make planning necessary
- Two types of planning necessary for survival of business operations
- Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
- Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)
- Each have different goals, but share much of the same planning, resources, focus
- BCP
-- Focuses on maintaining necessary business operations during crises or contingency periods
-- Goal is continuity of operations to prevent financial, production, consumer confidence, or other loss to business
- DRP
-- DRP's goal is recovery back to normal operations after a disruption due to crises
-- Focuses on restoration of operations to level prior to crises
-- Often conducted parallel to BCP operations