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• Using a business impact analysis template: A free BIA template and guide

  If you need to perform a business impact analysis, this guide and our free, downloadable BIA template will assist you in your business continuity planning. Continue Reading

• tabletop exercise (TTX)

  A tabletop exercise (TTX) is a disaster preparedness activity that takes participants through the process of dealing with a simulated disaster scenario. Continue Reading

• Five tips for disaster recovery insurance and funding

  Having a complete disaster recovery plan is essential. So is having DR insurance and the money available to fund the recovery. These steps will help you succeed with the latter. Continue Reading

• Five data recovery planning steps to protect vital assets

  Accurately restoring lost data after disaster strikes requires planning, patience and logic. If your goal is a smooth recovery process, here's what you'll need to know beforehand. Continue Reading

• Can you recover from ransomware? Take our quiz and find out

  Ransomware recovery is a complex, often expensive process. Are you prepared in the event of an attack? It may be time to ask yourself the difficult (or perhaps easy) questions. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • tabletop exercise (TTX)
  • risk mitigation
  • ransomware recovery
  • natural disaster recovery

  • incident management plan (IMP)
  • crisis communication
  • Zerto
  • crisis management plan (CMP)

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• risk mitigation

  Risk mitigation is a strategy to prepare for and lessen the effects of threats faced by a data center.Continue Reading

• ransomware recovery

  Ransomware recovery is the process of resuming options following a cyberattack that demands payment in exchange for unlocking encrypted data.Continue Reading

• natural disaster recovery

  Natural disaster recovery is the process of recovering data and resuming business operations following a natural disaster.Continue Reading

• A free business continuity plan template and guide

  A business continuity plan is critical for an organization when an unplanned event occurs. Follow this template and BC planning guidelines to get on the right path to resilience.Continue Reading

• Signs you may need a business continuity service provider

  Using a BC/DR service provider may give your recovery plan a much-needed boost. As new technologies and standards arise, a partner can address changing needs.Continue Reading

• incident management plan (IMP)

  An incident management plan (IMP), sometimes called an incident response plan or emergency management plan, is a document that helps an organization return to normal as quickly as possible following an unplanned event.Continue Reading

• Why consider a multi-cloud disaster recovery plan?

  Using multiple clouds in your disaster recovery strategy may be more difficult to implement, but it will also give your cloud plan an added level of reliability.Continue Reading

• crisis communication

  Crisis communication is a method of corresponding with people and organizations during a disruptive event to provide them with the information they need to respond to the situation.Continue Reading

• Zerto

  Zerto is a storage software vendor that specializes in enterprise-class business continuity and disaster recovery in virtual and cloud environments.Continue Reading

• How does the ISO 22316 standard cover resilience?

  Definitions for business continuity and resilience sometimes clash, but both processes help an organization stay on its feet. A new ISO standard tackles the latter.Continue Reading