Business Continuity Jargon – For or Against?
Jargon crops up everywhere, and business continuity is no exception. RTO, RPO, BIA, and others are often sprinkled liberally into conversations, plans, and reports.
Is World Backup Day Such a Good Idea?
Hooray for World Backup Day, you might think, reminding people how important it is to safeguard data and systems.
Proper Backups Can Beat Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, according to recent reports. Cybercriminals often favour these attacks, because they find them to be effective and lucrative.
Benchmarking and business continuity
Benchmarking business continuity means different things to different people, judging by the variety of information available. In one case, the standard by which comparisons are to be made is based on how many organisations (manufacturers and service providers) think their BC plan covers their supply chain risks. Opinions are subjective and no guarantee of results. […]
Business Continuity Terminology – What’s the difference between MTO, RTO and RPO?
A common query that we come across in business continuity consulting is, ‘what is the difference between MTO, RTO and RPO?’ MTO is the Maximum Tolerable Outage The Maximum Tolerable Outage for a critical business process represents the maximum amount of time that an organization can survive without the business process in any form (manual or automated). […]