business continuity
Keeping operations running
Business continuity is an organization's ability to maintain essential functions during and after a disaster or disruption.
The term usually appears in planning contexts: a business continuity plan outlines how operations will continue if systems fail, buildings become inaccessible, or key personnel are unavailable.
The company's business continuity strategy included backup data centers and remote work protocols.
- data backupStored duplicate of files
- threat assessmentEvaluating potential for harm
- risk analysisEvaluating likelihood of harm
- emergency responseOrganized action during crises
- disaster drillsPracticed emergency response routines
worst case scenario · single point of failure · situational awareness · vital records · mission critical · keep the lights on · control measures · skeleton crew · resource allocation · redundancy · failover · resilience · leadership roles · legal safeguards · contingency · crisis management · chain of command · uptime
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, workflow
- IT servicesIT services, IT consulting, IT support, help desk, tech support
- family businessfamily enterprise, family ownership, succession plan, succession planning, family legacy
- IT ManagementIT support, IT director, CIO, CTO, data management
- disaster recoverydisaster recovery, recovery plan, failover, RTO, data backup
- security policiessecurity policy, password policy, access control, data protection, privacy policy
business continuitybusiness interruption
Forced cessation of commerce
service outage · work stoppage · system downtime · downtime · service disruption
business continuitycrisis response
Action taken during emergencies
unpreparedness · firefighting · crisis mode · damage control