Enterprise Business Continuity

Purpose

Define the BCP that keeps the business running through any plausible disruption -- regional outage, vendor collapse, ransomware, key-person loss, pandemic, supply-chain compromise, data-center loss. Maps technical DR to business outcomes via BIA and tier classification.

Framework/Methodology

RESILIENCE Framework

A six-phase methodology for building organizational resilience:

Phase 1 - Recognize: Identify critical business services, their revenue impact, regulatory obligations, and stakeholder expectations. Conduct Business Impact Analysis for every service. Classify by criticality tier.

Phase 2 - Evaluate: Assess risks across all threat categories. Map dependencies between services, infrastructure, vendors, and people. Identify single points of failure and concentration risks.

Phase 3 - Strategize: Define recovery objectives (RTO, RPO, MAO) per tier. Select recovery strategies (active-active, active-passive, backup-restore, manual workaround). Design vendor fallback plans.

Phase 4 - Implement: Build DR runbooks for every Tier-1 service. Establish crisis communication tree. Set up war-room infrastructure. Deploy backup and replication per strategy. Document holding statements.