Continuity Planning
Business Continuity Planning is more than a document that details server configurations and employees emergency contact numbers. It is also more than backing up tapes and exporting them off-site. To be fully effective, your Business Continuity plan must be consistent in both procedures and component solutions: it must be executable both in a test environment and in reality, and finally it must be measurable.
DSS is a leading Irish business continuity specialist, providing best of breed technologies, subject matter expertise and a methodology driven approach to delivering real, quantifiable business value. DSS believe that there is no room for complacency when it comes to Business Continuity, and that is why we have developed an evaluation program to help ensure compliance in this critical area.
Key Components
An operational Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery facility consists of three key components:
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Facilities and Infrastructure – the underlying IT infrastructure and data must be structured to be recoverable – this involves physical infrastructure and software
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Processes and Procedures – Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery must be incorporated into standard processes and procedures
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Operational Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan – there must be an operational and tested plan to recover
A fundamental requirement of an operational Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery plan is a High Availability IT infrastructure. This both tolerates some outages and minimises the impacts of serious events by providing easy and fast recovery. A well-designed infrastructure will is a key enabler to achieving effective Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery.
Increased data dependency between systems and applications mean than an increasing volume of data is critical for effective recovery.