Business Continuity Management (BCM) & Disaster Recovery (DR)

BCM has evolved as one of the key strategies various organizations have put in place to manage operational and technological risks. Overtime, organizations have focused on how to respond to unforeseen events, however, with BCM, the focus is on how to improves on the overall resilience in business processes and technological solutions and advancements.

 

From Governments to various sectors of the economy – Financial, Manufacturing, Health and Hospitality, Telecommunication, Insurance and Education sectors etc, events/risks such as cyber-attacks, pandemics i.e. Covid-19, severe adverse weather and natural events i.e. floods, building collapse and terrorism to mention just but a few, have alerted various organizations across the globe on the need for preparedness.

 

In addition, with a few to cut costs and eliminate waste, organizations have embarked towards greater leanness and efficiency to remove barriers, bottlenecks and capacity constraints. With this comes an ever greater reliance on IT systems and operational continuity noting that any downtime could threaten an organisation’s survival. It is therefore important to note that Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (DR) preparedness has become very instrumental across various industries.

 

So where do we come in as Esod? Well, we provide consultancy on BCM and DR strategies, BCM frameworks and solutions, the development of Business Continuity Plans, Disaster Recovery Plans, as well as BCM and DR health checks and assessments.