A business continuity plan identifies critical functions, acceptable downtime, alternate work arrangements, communication procedures, and the resources required to sustain operations during disruption from any cause.
It is broader than disaster recovery, which addresses technology restoration.
Alternative Names:
BCP, Continuity Plan
Why it Matters?
For law firms the critical constraint is court deadlines, which do not pause for a ransomware event or a facility loss. A continuity plan that addresses technology restoration without addressing how filings get made and deadlines get tracked during an outage misses the actual risk. Identifying which matters have imminent deadlines and how those are handled without normal systems is the litigation-specific requirement.
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How does continuity differ from disaster recovery?
What is the litigation-specific requirement?
