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Develop and Continually Refine a Disaster
Recovery / Business Continuity Plan.
Why bother doing this? Good Security is
Proactive, not Reactive. Advance planning
will help you to survive business
disruptions, whether natural or man-made.
Companies that ignore business continuity
planning and specific industry compliance
requirements operate under a false sense of
invincibility and their officers could face
civil or criminal penalties for violations.
Perform a business impact analysis that
identifies events and their associated
risks:
 Identify
common hazards
Evaluate
key issues
Plan
for and reduce the impact of disasters.
Perform a cost-benefit
analysis: Just as there is a cost for
implementing a needed control, there's a
cost for not implementing it.
Prioritize your business
processes and supporting functions,
including computer systems and applications
Determine
what are your business’s most critical
information assets (electronic customer
records, billing data, documents, etc.), and
plan how to protect them.
Protect computers from power fluctuations by
using a good
quality battery backup system. Prices range from
about $40 to over $100, depending on battery
backup time and other features.
Ensure that your business
continuity plan is routinely tested using
effective techniques to assure that the plan
will work when you need it.
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