Comments on: Contingency Planning – More than Backup http://www.roundpeg.biz/2009/12/contingency-planning-more-than-backup/ Helping Small Business Become Big Business Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lorraine http://www.roundpeg.biz/2009/12/contingency-planning-more-than-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-3609 Lorraine Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:52:11 +0000 http://www.roundpeg.biz/?p=4549#comment-3609 Chad, Thanks for the excellent explanation of all the elements a contingency plan provides. Chad,
Thanks for the excellent explanation of all the elements a contingency plan provides.

]]> By: Chad Goode http://www.roundpeg.biz/2009/12/contingency-planning-more-than-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-3608 Chad Goode Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:29:37 +0000 http://www.roundpeg.biz/?p=4549#comment-3608 Hi, Lorraine. Thanks for posting this follow-up to your previous article. For the past 5 years, Continja has been working with organizations specifically in risk management and business continuity planning. One of the first hurdles we almost invariably encounter is demonstrating that while computer systems and data are important and protecting them is crucial, it is generally only a small part of a continuity and recovery plan. Every organization should have a continuity program, and it's important for business owners and senior managers to realize that their computer systems are generally NOT the business. Instead, these are tools that allow them to perform processes, and those well-defined, repeatable processes drive the business and keep customers happy. Those processes can be interrupted by any number of events or other reasons that ‘a good backup’ or even a ‘hot site’ cannot fix on its own. A technology-focused continuity strategy usually leads to a false sense of security and the company becoming one of those statistics you mentioned. Hi, Lorraine. Thanks for posting this follow-up to your previous article. For the past 5 years, Continja has been working with organizations specifically in risk management and business continuity planning. One of the first hurdles we almost invariably encounter is demonstrating that while computer systems and data are important and protecting them is crucial, it is generally only a small part of a continuity and recovery plan.

Every organization should have a continuity program, and it’s important for business owners and senior managers to realize that their computer systems are generally NOT the business. Instead, these are tools that allow them to perform processes, and those well-defined, repeatable processes drive the business and keep customers happy. Those processes can be interrupted by any number of events or other reasons that ‘a good backup’ or even a ‘hot site’ cannot fix on its own. A technology-focused continuity strategy usually leads to a false sense of security and the company becoming one of those statistics you mentioned.

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