Understanding an Organization’s Business Requirements

One of the key elements of building an effective BCDR plan is understanding an organization’s business requirements, which will serve as the basis for developing tailored recovery strategies. Recovery strategies include identifying critical functions that must continue during a disruption, determining the technological and human resources needed to support these functions, and assessing the potential financial and operational impacts of downtime.

This is where key metrics such as RTO and RPO are established. Management determines these calculations strictly from a risk tolerance perspective. It’s then up to the IT and security team to start forming a BCDR strategy to implement the necessary processes and measures to ensure these objectives are met.

Identification of Critical Business Functions

During a disaster, the most important consideration is ensuring that critical business functions continue to...