Business Continuity Planning Explained: The BCP Lifecycle and Testing for CISSP
The five phases of the BCP lifecycle, how BCP differs from DRP, who is accountable for the programme, and the six testing methods in order of disruption.
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The Business Continuity Lifecycle
Continuity questions are rarely about technology. They are about sequence: which phase comes next, who is accountable for it, and whether the recovery capability someone bought can actually meet the number the business set. This series walks that sequence in order. The first part covers the planning lifecycle end to end, from the mandate through to the six testing methods. The second goes inside the phase everything else depends on, the business impact analysis, and shows how criticality, dependencies and impact over time produce the targets recovery has to beat.
Business Impact Analysis Explained: The BIA Process and Outputs for CISSP
How a business impact analysis finds critical functions, measures impact over time, maps dependencies, and produces the recovery priorities strategy must meet.