Business Continuity
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are a part of the
business we hope you never need to put into action. Realistically,
you know something is bound to go wrong sooner or later. Without a
thorough business continuity and disaster recovery plan in place, a
fire, tornado, hurricane, flood-even a man-made disaster like a
severed cable knocking your company offline can result in a costly
disruption to your business. That's why you want NSA on your
side.
We're business continuity and disaster recovery planning
experts. We custom design strategic business continuity and
disaster recovery plans that meet the full range of governance,
risk, and compliance requirements to suit your business.
When business is disrupted, it can cost money. Lost revenues
plus extra expenses means reduced profits. Insurance does not cover
all costs and cannot replace customers that defect to the
competition. A business continuity plan to continue business is
essential. Development of a business continuity plan includes four
steps:
- Conduct a business impact analysis to identify time-sensitive
or critical business functions and processes and the resources that
support them.
- Identify, document, and implement to recover critical business
functions and processes.
- Organize a business continuity team and compile a business
continuity plan to manage a business disruption.
- Conduct training for the business continuity team and testing
and exercises to evaluate recovery strategies and the plan.
Information technology (IT) includes many components such as
networks, servers, desktop and laptop computers and wireless
devices. The ability to run both office productivity and enterprise
software is critical. Therefore, recovery strategies for
information technology should be developed so technology can be
restored in time to meet the needs of the business. Manual
workarounds should be part of the IT plan so business can continue
while computer systems are being restored.
Business continuity impact analysis identifies the effects
resulting from disruption of business functions and processes. It
also uses information to make decisions about recovery priorities
and strategies.
NSA works with business function and process managers with
sufficient knowledge of the business to prepare your corporate
operational & financial analysis. Once all information is
gathered and processed NSA utilizes the information to
summarize:
- The operational and financial impacts resulting from the loss
of individual business functions and process
- The point in time when loss of a function or process would
result in the identified business impacts
Those functions or processes with the highest potential
operational and financial impacts become priorities for
restoration. The point in time when a function or process must be
recovered, before unacceptable consequences could occur, is often
referred to as the "Recovery Time Objective."
NSA will even set up workspaces if you can't get to your office.
We'll help you minimize your downtime and get you back in business
quickly, because that's what it's all about.
That's why so many businesses trust NSA for comprehensive
business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. We know that
data is truly your company's lifeblood; we know that when you need
it, you need it right away. It's our mission at NSA to make sure
you have it when things are running smoothly, and especially when
they're not.
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