Develop a business continuity plan for your organization. Describe the basic activities that must be managed by the BCP. Develop plans for alternate site relocation, and develop an estimated monthly

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Swetha Muvva

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1 BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN 1 BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN 4

2 BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN & DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN SWETHA MUVVA UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLAND’S

Business continuity plan The ultimate objective of the business continuity plan process is to ensure the organization or the company maintain proper function and normal operation during the time of the disruptive. 1 TYPICALLY, A BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN IS A SIGNIFICANT PROCESS OF CREATING A SYSTEM OF PREVENTION AND QUICK RECOVERY TO DEAL WITH A POTENTIAL THREAT MAY AFFECT THE ORGANIZATION. RISKS AND THREATS ARE INEVITABLE FOR ANY TYPE OF THE BUSINESS AND THEREFORE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BUSINESS TO FORMULATE A COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN TO MITIGATE THE RISK AND THE THREATS IN THE COMPANY. business. critically, the business may be affected by both external and the external risks and threats ceasing the operation of the organization. for instance, company me go through disruptive process during the time of the power blackout, fire, interruption of the supply chain, floods, damage of the vital infrastructures, network problems and the programming issue including the hacking of the system employee's strikes and the outtakes of the epidemic diseases in the organization ceasing the operation of the organization. therefore, the business ensures quickly resume the operational function and the further research after such events in the take place in the organization and the operation are ongoing.

The business continuity plan objectively ensures the company does not incur a huge loss of the properties and the resources in case of disruptive events. This is because the business continuity plan takes proactive approaches to mitigate the problems in advance before taking place in the business. more so, the business continuity plan promotes the protection of the clients and the work health safety as well as the investors of the disruptive event such fire in the organization. more so, the business continuity ensures the organization maintains the loyal customers and the potential customers does not divert from other substitutes company or the competitors in the sense the business continuity plan maintain the reputation of the organization from the public confidence. 1 ADDITION, THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY ENSURES THE BUSINESS PRESERVE VITAL TOOLS OF OPERATION, FOR INSTANCE, THE ESSENTIAL DATA BY MANAGING A COMPREHENSIVE DATA MANAGEMENT LIKE CLOUD BACKUPS IN CASE OF THE FIRE RISK IN THE ORGANIZATION. BUSINESS ACTIVITIES PLAN ALLOWS THE GROUP BRAINSTORMING OF THE IDEAS FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CLIENTS, WORKERS AND THE INVESTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTE TO THE FORMULATION OF VITAL STRATEGIES TO DEAL WITH PREVENTION OF THE RISKS AND THE THREATS (FULMER, K. L. (2015). 1 THIS ALLOWS COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION AND SHARING OF THE IDEAS LEADING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION BY PROMOTING VITAL DECISION MAKING AND THE ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT THROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES. Finally, the business continuity plan establishes the key personnel and responsibilities in the plan to ensure the potential of the individuals are well utilized in the plan through the testing and research to ensure the organization have effective plan useful for the organization. furthermore, the continuity plan ensures minimal loss by delivering successful delegation of the authority and ensure the overall asset of the organization is protected including software and infrastructures.

1 DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT LOCATION IS ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING. This process ensures the resources are well distributed in a different location in the effort of spreading risk as well considering different sources of the raw materials to ensure the operation of the business in providing the customers are available (Fulmer, 2015). For instance, power blackout can contribute to significant loss if the company relies on one source of the power, in this case, the business continuity plan establishes different sources of the power. 1 ADDITION, ALTERNATIVE SITE OPERATION IS ESSENTIAL IN CASE OF THE COMPANY IS AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS OR FIRE RELOCATION ENSURE THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY DOES NOT CEASE. Cloud storage of the data ensures the company secures its information in case of theft or hacking.

1 HOWEVER, THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN SHOULD BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN (SAHEBJAMNIA ET AL, 2015). TYPICALLY, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INVOLVES RESTORING THE DISASTER UNLIKE, THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY INVOLVES PREVENTION OF POTENTIAL THREATS AND RISK IN THE ORGANIZATION.

BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET PLANNING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE ORGANIZATION. TYPICALLY, THE BUDGET CONSIDERS WORK PLAN, DATE AND THE WORKFORCE SCHEDULE TO ENSURE THE ACTIVITIES DOES NOT OVERLAP. The business continuity analyzes the obvious events and the impacts to determine the investments by considering the financial status of the organization (Wallace, M., & Webber, 2017). 1 FINALLY, THE BUDGET ALLOWS THE COMPANY TO MANAGE FINANCIAL OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LIKE PRINTING COST, COUNSELLING AND ADMINISTRATION COST IN STRUCTURING THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN.

3 REFERENCES FULMER, K. L. (2015). 1 BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE WITH PLANNING FORMS. Rothstein Publishing.

1 SAHEBJAMNIA, N., TORABI, S. A., & MANSOURI, S. A. (2015). 1 INTEGRATED BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING: TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, 242(1), 261-273.

4 WALLACE, M., & WEBBER, L. (2017). 4 THE DISASTER RECOVERY HANDBOOK: A STEP-BY-STEP PLAN TO ENSURE BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND PROTECT VITAL OPERATIONS, FACILITIES, AND ASSETS. Amacom.

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