Naperville, IL - January 30, 2007
Jody Jankovsky, Managing Partner and Owner of Black | Line Consulting, was a guest speaker at the 2007 Illinois Parks and Recreation Conference held at the Hyatt Regency hotel January 25-27, 2007, in Chicago. His seminar, entitled, “Business Continuity – Going beyond “Disaster Recovery””, discussed what Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is, what it is not, and why you should do it.
The term “Business Continuity” replaces the older expression “Disaster Recovery” as the term that best describes the planning needed to address interruptions to a business. Disasters are a piece of the BCP but only represent a fraction of scenarios that can interrupt a business.
Business Continuity does not focus exclusively on information technology (IT) components but takes a more holistic approach to the entire organization. It includes the IT functions but also addresses the impact and reaction by non-IT areas of the organization. IT infrastructure supports the operations of the organization so interruptions will affect the organization’s general well-being. However, if the BCP focuses only on IT, critical business processes are left without a safety net.
The more an organization relies on technology to operate, the more important it is to address business continuity. Downed systems represent significant financial risk and affect how an organization is perceived by those externally. The BCP addresses risk management by assessing the various levels of risk to an organization and prioritizing each point of failure based on the organization’s need.
For more information on Business Continuity Planning, contact Black Line Consulting at info@blacklineconsulting.com or by phone at 630.388.1700