Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Business Continuity; It is the ability of organizations to continue their critical activities in case of any disaster, crisis and disaster. Disasters that may occur may be caused by natural disasters, technological or man-made. Types of natural disasters include floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, and even a pest infestation. On the other hand, technological and man-made disasters; hazardous material spills, infrastructure or power outages, cyber attacks, explosions or acts of terrorism and vandalism, sabotage, arson, corporate espionage, or human error. Whatever the reason, the interruptions can cause financial loss and especially prestige loss in institutions. In this context, business continuity and redundancy are of great importance.

Disaster Recovery Center; It is the data and system center established for the systems to serve again over the backup system infrastructure located in different locations in case of service interruptions after an extraordinary situation in the services of an institution.

It can be configured in different types, determined according to corporate policies and criticality levels.

Systems and networks are becoming more and more complex, which means more things can go wrong. Unpredictability is a fact of life, and most business owners do not think they will fall victim to a natural disaster. When an unforeseen event occurs, it may cause the daily operations to stop due to not taking measures and may expose the companies to economic and operational losses. In such a situation, the company will need to recover as quickly as possible to prevent loss of reputation and property damage and to continue serving customers. The provision of these activities is realized through disaster recovery.

Having a disaster recovery plan can give a company a competitive advantage. If a disaster does occur, most companies can suffer because a plan is not made. But for prepared firms, they can continue to provide goods and services to their customers and suppliers and potentially continue to run business as usual. The absence of a disaster recovery plan can put the organization at higher financial costs, loss of reputation and greater risk for its customers.

Disruption of business processes can be unavoidable when an unexpected situation occurs. In addition to the disruption of business processes that may arise from a disaster, there are additional problems. Data, customer and reputation losses that may occur are the most important of these problems. FKM Reduces downtime that can occur with an unexpected event. It has a positive effect on company credibility. You can also better protect your reputation because you can get back to work more quickly. It also means that your customers' data is less likely to be lost if you can get back to the usual way of working as quickly as possible.

A disaster may not be eliminated, but its effects can be minimized. Business continuity must be ensured in order to maintain and protect the security of data. Disaster recovery is not just a service. Disaster Recovery means having a documented procedure to follow should such an event occur, as well as an action plan that covers many methods and/or services for specific types of failures. Thus, in the event of a crisis, business processes are ensured to continue without interruption.

One of the benefits of FKM is that it gives an idea of ​​your core processes. When evaluating the most important things to recover in a business impact analysis report, you can better prioritize what is critical to your business. This is done to help protect the critical nature of businesses. While disasters may not always be preventable, having a plan helps reduce potential damage and restore operations quickly.

Advantages of Disaster Recovery Solutions:

Business continuity is ensured.
The risk of data loss is eliminated.
In the event of a disaster, the continuity of your business is ensured without any damage.
Costs are reduced and competitive advantage is provided as systems are kept in working condition.
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