Free DR Checklist: 10 things that you can do today to reduce the impact of a disaster
Real-world disasters over the past few years such as flooding, Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, and Rita have created an increased focus by regulators on the issues of disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity for financial institutions.
Even though disasters like these may never affect your financial institution, there are plenty of incidents that can cause a major business interruption.
For this reason, financial institutions must have some sort of documented disaster recovery plan. However, ask yourself this question:
“Do you have complete confidence in your institution’s ability to quickly and efficiently recover from a disaster?”
According to the 2009 Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Survey, “In the past two years, 52% of businesses experienced an unforeseen business interruption that halted productivity. 81% percent of these interruptions forced an office to close for one or more days.”
Many U.S. companies experiencing disasters never re-open. Reasons that institutions don’t recover include:
- Loss of reputation
- People closing accounts
It is true that you need a recoverable and compliant business continuity plan.
Yet, there are some simple things that you can do right now to mitigate the risk of suffering a major business interruption.
In fact, we have prepared a document recommending 10 things that you can do today to reduce the impact of a disaster.
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