Security News > 2022 > September > The key differences between a business continuity plan and a disaster recovery plan
In this Help Net Security video, Chip Gibbons, CISO at Thrive, illustrates the differences between a business continuity plan and a disaster recovery plan.
A business continuity plan refers to how a business continues to operate when key systems are down or an outage occurs.
A business continuity plan is a must-have for every organization and keeps a business running effectively, even when faced with an unexpected disaster or tumultuous times like a global pandemic.
The goal of a business continuity plan is to know what processes can be kept in place and which ones must be adapted.
A disaster recovery plan refers to how specific platforms, data, and applications are restored following a cyber-attack, disaster, or other failures.
In essence, a disaster recovery plan refers to the specific part of the business continuity plan to be followed during and after data loss.