Regardless of the nature, scale or complexity of your operations, a business continuity plan is imperative to stay in business during crisis situations that could lead to staffing shortages and damage to physical assets. The probability of such disasters occurring might be low. But organizations still take all the preventive measures as their impact on revenue and company reputation could be devastating and oftentimes irreparable.

Business continuity planning entails the collection, collation and processing of large volumes of data as well as providing training modules to bridge any gaps in skills, in order to make the solution relevant.

Business Continuity Planning – Essential Elements

• Intelligence gathered from business impact analysis and risk assessment
• RTO and RPO timeframes that are compatible with business goals and targets
• Contact information of internal and external teams such as business continuity teams, providers, vendors, interest groups and so on.
• Detailed procedures on how to restore mission critical activities.
• Testing mechanisms to evaluate the plan's effectiveness in simulated environments
• Maintenance systems to review and update the plan over a period of time