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Wintertime can feel like a wonderland. There’s hot cocoa, cozy fireside conversations, glistening white snowfall…ice storms, power outages, and tons of employee sick days.
You can’t predict the future, but a business continuity plan – BCP for short – ensures that unexpected events don’t slow you down because, in business, every minute counts – literally.
Downtime costs SMBs $137 to $427 per minute, according to a 2020 IBM report.
Although the loss is smaller, extreme downtime is the ultimate undoing for many SMBs.
This month, while you’re rushing out to buy flowers or before you settle in for a cozy Netflix series, don’t forget to show your BCP some love too.
It’s just like it sounds – a plan to keep your business continuously running in the case of an unplanned event like a natural disaster, cyber-attack, or human error. A BCP outlines processes and procedures your company will follow during a crisis. It considers operations, assets, human resources, technology, and safety; in other words, it keeps necessary functions in your organization running until the disaster is handled.
Isn’t a disaster recovery plan the same thing?
Disaster recovery plans focus solely on restoring data access and IT infrastructure after a disaster. It’s one – albeit critical – component of your BCP. If a winter storm knocks out your Internet, a disaster recovery plan restores data access and any IT services you may have lost.
Let’s say your office suffers a major fire incident. Do you know where and how your employees would work? Would they be able to handle customer calls? Where would your executive team meet to make critical, time-sensitive decisions? In addition to providing a plan for restoring your IT systems, a BCP is a practical framework for your entire company’s resiliency and financial sustainability.
Additionally, people want to know you have it together. If you hesitate or flounder in response to an emergency, you’ll lose the trust of your team and customers, and that’s incredibly hard to get back.
A few basic elements make up a solid BCP framework for every business, no matter your industry.
There is absolutely no company – big or small – that’s not at risk of a disaster. According to a 2022 threat report by ConnectWise, nearly two in three midsize businesses experienced a ransomware attack in the last 18 months. One in five victims spent $250,000 or more to recover. The odds are not in your favor when it comes to business risk.
Remember, the goal of a BCP is to minimize disruption to your business and help you get back to normal operations as fast as possible. Get with your team and review your BCP today. If you don’t have one, consider this your sign to get it done.
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