Business Continuity
Your organization’s ability to do business on a daily basis is dependent on the performance of your network. A catastrophe that impairs your network environment can cause significant downtime and data loss, essentially paralyzing your organization.
Unfortunately, only about 6% of organizations that suffer a major data loss survive long term. About half never reopen.
Whether the disaster is natural (floods, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes and fires) or man-made (terrorism, cyber and biological attacks), a disaster recovery and business continuity plan can help get your organization back in business quickly by providing contingencies to recover access to your software, data and hardware. Today, it’s estimated that between 2% – 4% of an organization’s total IT spend is dedicated to disaster recovery and business continuity.
Disaster Recovery Plans
Open Source Solutions’ can help protect your organization from a disaster by preparing a detailed contingency plan for continuity of IT services based on the key recovery point and recovery time objectives outlined in your business continuity plan. We can also help you identify and prioritize these objectives.
Every disaster recovery plan includes 3 elements:
- Preventive measures to identify and reduce risks
- Detective measures to uncover new potential threats
- Corrective measures to restore your system after a disaster
Open Source Solutions’ experts recommend routinely testing your disaster recovery plan to ensure that everyone understands the process and what they need to do, to verify equipment and processes work as smoothly as planned, and to uncover any weaknesses.
Disaster recovery backup procedures
Every organization needs a backup strategy which should include fireproof lockboxes and off-site data copy storage. It is easy to take redundancy for granted, but vital that you don’t. We will help you determine the best way to handle this critical necessity.
Business Continuity Plans (BCP)
The ultimate goal of a business continuity plan is to expedite the restoration of your organization’s critical functions following a catastrophe, minimizing downtime and loss of data.
In addition to providing a contingency plan in the event your IT environment is impaired, a business continuity plan provides a roadmap for obtaining temporary workspace, equipment and manpower, if necessary, to get your organization back up and running as quickly as possible. This type of planning can help you minimize the risk your business will suffer a serious impact after a disaster by providing for a faster recovery.
Because our environment changes continuously, so do potential risks. In addition to developing a business continuity plan from scratch, Open Source Solutions can support your business by conducting a regular review of your current plan, including recommendations for improvements.
Protect your organization’s network environment and ensure your business can continue operations in the event of a catastrophe with disaster recovery and business continuity planning services.