Cyber-attacks, natural disasters, and even internet outages can critically affect your business. Are you prepared to move forward and bounce back when the unthinkable happens?
What Is a Disaster Recovery Plan?
A disaster recovery plan in a business environment is simply a set of policies and procedures that go into place in case of a natural or man-made disaster. This could be anything from a power outage or cyber-attack to a flood or hurricane.
Disaster Recovery and Hybrid Work Environments
As hybrid work situations become increasingly common, so do a business’s vulnerability. Having a hybrid workforce introduces complexities. Your employees work remotely in various locations with varying levels of infrastructure and security. In other words, your workforce is decentralized, which increases the virtual “surface” where disasters might take place.
Due to the nature of a hybrid work environment, you’re also more reliant on technology for communication, collaboration, and even access to company resources. Any type of disruption to these technologies can and will impact productivity.
Business Continuity
Business continuity simply means how your business will continue to operate with as few interferences as possible. By implementing a comprehensive disaster recovery plan, you’ll minimize downtime, which will help you recover quickly and mitigate potential financial losses. Importantly, maintaining the integrity of your business’s continual operation will protect your reputation and help you maintain productivity.
Compliance And Legal Regulations
While not applicable to all businesses, many industries have specific regulations regarding data security. This may also encompass disaster recovery, and having a robust plan may help you comply with legal requirements and/or customer contracts.
The Basics
Not all disaster recovery plans look-alike. ITC can help you come up with a program that helps you maintain your processes and systems in the wake of a disaster. There are a few common components in all disaster recovery plans, however, and this is that it will have a clear objective, a strategy to backup and recover data, and outline clearly established communication channels for both internal and external players.
More Than Just a Plan
Your disaster recovery plan is more than just a plan. It’s a way to maintain your business’s integrity at the worst of times. There’s a lot to it, and if you don’t have a dedicated IT department, contact ITC today to find out more about implementing a preemptive disaster recovery plan that can keep your business from stumbling over major setbacks when it needs to move forward the most.
