Business Continuity Success… Action Dependant
9th October 2008 by razchaudary
According to a Stratus Technologies survey, twenty percent of organizations with business continuity plans have no idea if they will actually work in a crisis because they’ve never tested the plans.
- 86 percent believe that a business continuity plan is a significant strategic advantage.
- 76 percent business continuity was a strategic priority for of the companies surveyed,
- 69 percent follow a business continuity plan;
- 45 percent test business continuity plans them more than once a year.
- 35 percent tested yearly
- 20 percent not at all.
“The survey shows a gulf between thought and action in business continuity,” said Sri Sridharan, Stratus’ vice president of solutions services. “On the positive side, it’s obvious the vast majority of companies understand that business continuity is a strategic issue. But their plans have less value unless there are processes in place for constantly testing and refining them.”
Raz Chaudary is the Development Project Manager for Business Continuity at LRQA.