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When disaster strikes, no one takes the me to worry about
words and defini ons. Even though the terms Disaster
Recovery (DR) and Business Con nuity (BC) are o en used
interchangeably, they have very different meanings. If your
company is interchanging them incorrectly, it can leave
your organiza on at significant risk. On the low-end, about
$18,000; while on the high-end, we're talking hundreds of
millions. According to FEMA, about 40 percent of businesses
do not reopen a er a disaster.
Whether from a security breach, human error or natural
disaster – data loss, down me or network slowness are
costly. Without a plan in place, a comprised network will
have las ng implica ons. A 2015 Verizon DBIR report
showed:
Small data breaches (loss of fewer than 100 records) on
average costs businesses $18,120 to $35,730, but can
range as high as $555,660.
Large data breaches (100 million+ records) could cost
organiza ons up to $200 million, though the average is
$5-15.6 million.
In addi on to the huge monetary loss, down me also
affects worker produc vity and can lead to loss of
customers.
Having a plan in place, for DR and BC, is cri cal. However,
both require very different levels of planning. For example:
DR is Data-Centric: While extremely important in its
own right, DR is actually a subset of BC planning. It
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is concerned with the process of replica ng and
storing data so that it is quickly recoverable in
the event of a disaster. Data must be backed up
and stored off-site. It must also be immediately
accessible for recovery in the event of a disaster. A
major factor is the overall speed of recovery and
restora on. In some cases outside of a natural
disaster, a local data backup, perhaps at a nearby
building or within the corporate campus, will
suffice. In situa ons where a disaster affects an
en re city or region (e.g., tornado, flooding),
remote backups will be necessary. Because you
don't know if a local or regional issue will occur,
and depending on your organiza on's asset
cri cality, a daily backup may be fine. For others,
a fully-mirrored site with hot backup/restore
capabili es may make more sense.
BC is Business-Centric: BC is far larger in scope.
Business con nuity is focused on the management
oversight and planning needed to ensure the
en re business can con nue to operate with
as li le disrup on as possible – both during
and a er a disaster. A comprehensive BC plan
includes steps for recovering and con nuing key
business processes, including sales, manufacturing,
customer support and billing.
BC is also people-centric. It should ensure
employees know where to go and what do in the
event of a disaster. Is there an emergency phone
Disaster Recovery vs. Business Con nuity: What's the Difference?
