Business Continuity Planning
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Business Continuity Planning, or BCP, is a formal, interdisciplinary methodology used to create, validate, and put into practice a logistical plan intended to help an organization recover and restore interrupted critical operational functions within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption. In an IT context, this usually entails enterprise data management, security, storage, backup, and recovery protocols.
In other words, BCP is how a company can prepare for future incidents that might jeopardize its core mission and long-term financial health. Types of incidents that can occur range from the local and regional scale to national emergencies, including building fires, earthquakes or floods, and pandemic illnesses.
Unfortunately, many companies are not prepared for unplanned downtime. For that reason, BCP should be an integral part of any organization's efforts to help reduce operational risk associated with mission-critical data.
Our BCP Methodology
Innovative designs, delivers, and implements Business Continuity solutions that are tailored to the client's specific business needs. Our Professional Services Group has expertise in end-to-end planning, integration, and installation, incorporating:
- Comprehensive Infrastructure Strategies
- Dedicated Project Management
- Implementation and Knowledge Transfer
- Ongoing System Health Checks
In addition, our Business Continuity methodology saves our clients money by enabling them to become proactive and self-reliant in protecting their businesses from planned and unplanned downtime.
The Business Continuity planning process can be divided into several distinct phases:
Assessment
In this phase, we gather data and define the business goals you want to achieve in terms of recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO). We also validate the current environment, outline available options to achieve the desired state, and make recommendations for the hardware, software, and professional services necessary to achieve your goals.
Design
As part of development of the architecture blueprint, our Statement of Work identifies required resources (from both client and Innovative) and their dependencies; lists detailed functional specifications; and provides an investment summary.
Delivery
Sourcing of technologies (hardware and software) as per the project specifications.
Implementation
Includes project management, knowledge transfer, documentation, and acceptance testing.
Health Checks
Ongoing assistance to ensure that the solution continues to function at optimum levels.
Business Continuity Technologies
Innovative Information Solutions has a long track record of success with its clients in improving their risk management practices in this vital arena. In addition to offering RTO and RPO assessments, we provide a range of services that encompass a variety of hardware and software approaches to business continuity planning, including these best-in-class technologies: