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How flexible is your BCP?

KingsBridge BCP

One consistent concern across all plans, regardless of their size: is it a flexible BCP? What do we mean by flexible BCP? For the purposes of this post, we are talking about how well your BCP allows you to adapt and appropriately respond to different types of incidents. This puts the “flexible” in “flexible BCP.”.

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Document Core Processes (aka “What’s that post-it?”)

KingsBridge BCP

Document your core processes. So many of the organizations that hire us have gaps in their documentation. It usually takes a large-scale outage to convince a team to get their core processes written down. An outage on the scale of a few hours could have been measured in minutes if documentation existed.

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BCP vs. DR Plans: What Are the Key Differences?

Zerto

Business continuity planning describes the process of documenting a holistic set of protocols and procedures to help businesses maintain a certain minimum level of functionality when a crisis hits. The outcome of that planning process is the business continuity plan, or BCP. The purpose and scope of the BCP.

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Why the Business Continuity Plan Must Be a Living Document

Diligent

The business continuity plan – sometimes known as a disaster recovery plan – is an essential document for all organizations, designed to ensure their operations can continue with minimal interruption in the event of an unexpected disruption. You don’t want to wait until the day a crisis happens to discover your BCP is woefully out of date.

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Business Continuity Planning for the Retail Industry

everbridge

When a critical event occurs, a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) documents the procedures and resources each department within an organization will use to keep the business impact to a minimum. A BCP is vital for the retail sector for several reasons. Utility outages. Supply chain disruptions. Employees.

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Don’t be left in the dark: Here’s how to create a business continuity plan that works

Online Computers

A business continuity plan (BCP) is a vital document that outlines the procedures and strategies an organization must follow to be able to continue operating in the event of an emergency or a disaster. But how do you create an effective BCP? How can Online Computers help in creating an effective BCP?

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Customer Value Story: Planning for the Unexpected

LogisManager

It’s important for all organizations to have a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) in place, but in the banking industry, it’s critical. This time-consuming, disintegrated process for developing a BCP was difficult enough, and when the pandemic hit, our client was no longer able to hold interviews in person. FREE DOWNLOAD: BCP CHECKLIST.

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