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Why can’t we take business continuity plans seriously?

Here’s a simplified job description for a Business Continuity Manager from blogger Nathaniel Forbes:

1. Get lukewarm to tepid management support
2. Struggle for modest funding in good times, grovel for derisory funding in bad times
3. Perform a risk assessment (optional in many companies)
4. Lead reluctant business units through a business impact analysis (BIA)
5. Develop continuity strategies that don’t cost anything to implement
6. Write plans in a template, removing any opportunity for creativity
7. Set up (and maintain) a recovery site
8. Exercise, often without any element of surprise
9. Repeat endlessly.

Sounds like a lot of companies don’t take their disaster-preparedness very seriously!

Unfortunately, for many SMB’s, this scenario might actually be an improvement!