Chapter Summary

The business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning domain encompasses those activities required to ensure business survival in the face of events that interrupt its activities. Although the restoration of data processing and the recovery of computer operations are significant parts of that effort, technology recovery is not the entire story. Other business processes need to be evaluated, and their resumption planned, if a business is to survive. Business continuity planning might be best described as the merger of disaster recovery planning and business resumption planning.

KEY TERMS

  • Business continuity planning (BCP)

  • Business impact assessment (BIA)

  • Business resumption planning

  • Co-location

  • Cold site

  • Cooperative hot site ...

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