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Disasters like the 9-11 attacks are extreme and fairly unlikely to happen in your environment, but these disasters sometimes do happen and there is no substitute for preparation.
If you were brought in as a consultant to an organization, which is really concerned about its business continuity, what guidelines would you have for them?

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Solution discusses Disaster Recovery Planning & Business Continuity, and includes references and guidelines as consultant in the following scenario:

How does disaster recovery planning ensure business continuity?
Disasters like the 9-11 attacks are extreme and fairly unlikely to happen in your environment, but these disasters sometimes do happen and there is no substitute for preparation.
If you were brought in as a consultant to an organization, which is really concerned about its business continuity, what guidelines would you have for them?

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Disasters like the 9-11 attacks are extreme and fairly unlikely to happen in your environment, but these disasters sometimes do happen and there is no substitute for preparation.

* How does disaster recovery planning ensure business continuity?

Disaster recovery planning itself is a guide to ensure that business will continue both during (if possible) and after any adverse events occur. In fact, there's a great difference between 'disaster recovery planning' and 'business continuity.' The Small Business Chronicle says, "DISASTER RECOVERY provides detailed strategies on the steps that employees must follow during, and immediately after, a disaster. Not only does the plan provide exit procedures, it outlines communication instructions that ...

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