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What Does a Complete Business Continuity Plan Include? JULY 9TH, 2020 Share > > By Venkat Reddy, Director, Software Engineering, Arcserve If we had to pick a word to describe the business atmosphere over the past few yearsand particularly the past few monthsuncertain is an understated choice. Collectively, weve experienced devastating damage from wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding; weathered wild swings in the stock market; battled an increase in cyberattacks that get more severe and more expensive every year; and now we are navigating the economic fallout from a global pandemic. With all of this uncertainty surrounding business, it is important for organizations to develop a strategy to protect company assets and operations from potential disaster. A recent survey, Mercers Business Responses to the COVID-19 Outbreak , suggests that a staggering 51 percent of organizations around the world do not have a business continuity plan in the case of emergencies or disasters, such as the current outbreak of coronavirus. A business continuity plan (BCP) must be an integral part of this disaster preparedness strategy. [Free eBook] Smart Strategies for Business Continuity: An IT Survival Guide. Download our free eBook to learn more >> What Is a Business Continuity Plan, and Why Do You Need One? A BCP is a blueprint that defines how your organization will prevent and recover from a disaster. Disasters come in many forms, including cyberattacks, system outages, natural disasters, fires, or other misfortunes. But no matter what the root cause, the goals of a BCP remain the same: Maintain high availability Meet SLAs to retain customers Protect company data and resources Minimize costs and revenue loss Prevent legal and compliance implications Keep the company running To illustrate the devastating impact the lack of a BCP can have on operations, consider the 2018 SamSam ransomware attack on the City of Atlanta. The brute force attack brought government offices to a screeching...

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