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Identify BCP Team

It is a general misconception that an IT department is capable of managing a business continuity plan (BCP) on its own.

While the IT department is responsible for bringing systems back up after a disaster and reducing the downtime of the business, it will require the assistance other departments within the organisation to ensure the plan works effectively. As a minimum, it is essential for the Facilities department and HR to be heavily involved.

Each BCP should be tailored to meet organisational requirements by identifying the departments that play a significant role in the creation of business continuity plans, and the ongoing testing and maintenance of those plans.

Build with Resilience and Creativity

To make a BCP project simpler, we recommend building as much resilience into your infrastructure as possible by keeping disaster recovery, high availability and business continuity in the forefront of your design.

Business impact analysis and risk assessment are also fundamental during the design stages of the infrastructure refresh project.

The key areas in which we can assist you include:

• Business Continuity Planning
• Business Impact Analysis
• Contingency Planning
• Hot and Warm Disaster Recovery Planning
• Hot Seat Facilities
• High Availability Solutions
• Risk Management

We can be creative with how your infrastructure is recycled and how the DR systems are being used. For example, many organisations leave DR systems idling, only to be used in the event of a disaster occurrence. We can set these systems up to be used as a development environment or test environment for releasing new software or updates.

Acurus can help you with your BCP

For CIO's and IT managers the focus on business continuity within organisations has been increasing, as boards and business managers assess the possible impact of downtime on their business. Acurus has successfully supported CIO's and IT managers with their business continuity objectives.

Talk to us about your current disaster recovery position, or your next infrastructure refresh and see if we can identify smart ways to add resilience into your systems. Let us help you design a manageable plan that will ensure your business will continue to run with minimum impact following a disaster event.