Business Continuity: A Guide to Risk Management and Contingency Planning to Protect Your Business

Successful business continuity ensures that an organization's critical functions are maintained or restored in the event of disruption or crisis. Due to globalization, increased regulation and litigation, and increased virtualization of business systems, continuity is an issue that managers must address more than ever before. Despite this, there is a lack of understanding of the topic and inadequate implementation of strategies to truly ensure business continuity. The international disaster recovery company Acronis conducted a survey of 3000 SMEs, discovering that one third of those interviewed did not have offsite backup or a disaster recovery strategy. Business Continuityis a practical introduction to the principles of business continuity with tools, techniques and real case studies to help managers fully understand the issues involved, make good decisions and manage technical specialists effectively to minimize disruption.