BUSINESS CONTINUITY / Research
QUESTIONNAIRE
Business Continuity (BC):
Business Continuity is the progression of commercial activities permitting to an organisation to operate without any delays rather than recovering after a disaster.

-Disaster Recovery (DR): is the process of regaining access to the data, hardware and software necessary to resume critical business activities after a natural or man made disaster.

-Business Continuity Planning (BCP): Compromises the sequential planning in order to overcome disasters thus permitting businesses 24/7 availability.

-Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP): Include the plans for coping with the unexpected or sudden loss of key personnel, software and hardware.

Common small business disasters include:

-Fire/flooding.
-Computer/telecoms failure.
-Key equipment failure.
-People isues such as illness/resignations/maternity leave.
-Denial of access to the premieses.
-Product defects.
-Bomb/terrorism threat.
-Legal/regulatory action.
-utilities failure.
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MBA 2007 Research
Name of Business:
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Questions:
1.
Is your business dependent on information technology systems to operate effectively?
 
2.
Could you cope with an IT or Communications failure?
 
3.
At present is the information safeguarded or backed up in a alternate location?
 
4.
Would the loss of IT systems, records, communication and other facilities pose a serious disruption to the business?
 
5.
Do you consider IT systems part of business continuity and should it be prioritized part of key business functions?
 
6.
Could you recover from an incident that jeopardized valuable data?
 
7.
Does the organization/business have back plan?
 
8.
Does the business have means to recover and restore data information systems?
 
9.
Do you believe business continuity plans to be important to resume business activities promptly after disasters?
 
10.
Do you perceive business continuity as a strategic importance for the business?
 
11.
Do you consider business continuity a value added asset for a business?
 
12.
Does the business continuity plan address the disruption in a timely, cost-effective, consistent manner?
 
13.
Could the business make alternate arrangements for processing orders, auditing to keep loyal customers content if the business is disrupted?
 
14.
Have you considered potential risks to your premises and business infrastructure?
 
15.
Does the business have alternate locations to work from during a disruption?
 
16.
Does your business continuity plan include a disaster recovery site?
 
17.
At present can the business sustain a disruption in utilities or communication?
 
18.
Does the organization have alternate methods to guarantee business activities?
 
19.
Does the business have critical policies identified and alternatives designed exclusively for use during a crisis?
 
20.
Does the business have security-related preventive measures or disaster recovery procedures?
 
Thank you for time and patience, hopefully this may have shed some insights and raised some queries in regard to the BC, BCP, DR and DRP.
Thank you,
Eric Conway
For additional coments please Email: eric.conway@espaciosnaturales.com