Don’t Take Needless Risks. Implement a Disaster Recovery Strategy Now

There’s no escaping the inherent risk that comes from anything worth doing, and that includes business. That said, you can take steps to minimize the bad and make more room for the good. One such way you can do this is with an effective disaster recovery strategy.

Today, we’re looking at what goes into building a proper disaster recovery strategy and why your business needs to consider it a priority.

Why a Disaster Recovery Plan is Crucial

It’s not just about avoiding disasters.

In reality, disasters are going to find you, whether you like it or not. Here are just a couple examples of what you can expect to happen in one form or another:

• Weather events can interfere with your operations and potentially lead to infrastructure damage.
• Fires, floods, and other mishaps can also damage your infrastructure.
• Cyberattacks and bugs can render your technology inaccessible.
• Power or Internet outages can prevent many processes from being accomplished.
• Health events can prevent people from coming to the office.

While you might not be able to predict these events, you can take steps to prevent some of them, and prepare for the rest with proactive planning.

This is what a disaster recovery plan is: a plan to bounce back from misfortune when it does strike. Having a plan of action is better than not having one, and it can dramatically reduce the downtime and disruption that comes from any disaster incident. Furthermore, being proactive with your disaster recovery plan can make carrying it out less expensive.

Of course, there’s also the compliance component of the equation; you don’t want to get caught without a disaster recovery plan in place, especially when auditors come knocking.

How a Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Strategy Works

A disaster recovery strategy involves several steps:

First, you’ll need to identify the potential risks associated with running your business, as well as conduct a risk assessment to see how likely they are to occur. Once you’ve determined these risks, you’ll want to consider your recovery time objective, which is what amount of downtime your business is willing to accept while it recovers. From there, you’ll want to figure out your recovery point objective, or the amount of data your business could lose before it cannot operate any longer—necessary for determining how much data to back up and prioritize during the recovery process.

BNMC can make this entire process much easier and more manageable. To learn more about disaster recovery planning, be sure to call us at (978) 482-2020.