Basic Small Business Continuity Best Practice #5 of 5

Posted by: Chad Massaker  /  Category: Computer Networks

#1 Protect Your Business From Disasters

#2 Document Business Processes

# 3 Backup Data Off Site

#4 Write a Business Continuity Plan

#5 Test Your Business Continuity Plan

Test Your Business Continuity Plan Once a Quarter

  • Make drills as realistic as possible
    1. Do not announce drills except to key management (and to them only if you need to)
    2. Address how employees that are in the middle of dealing with a client issue should react
    3. Go through as much of the actions in the plan as possible

  • Can you become fully operational as fast as you need to?
    1. Where are the kinks and holes in your plan?
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