Business Continuity & HA Planning
Business impact analysis, recovery objectives and high-availability design proven by live exercise.
Our position
Continuity as a demonstrated capability: impact analysis sets the objectives, dependency mapping defines what must recover together, and high-availability design is validated under observed exercise conditions.
Findings
The business challenge
Continuity plans age quietly. Recovery objectives are set without business input, dependencies are mapped incompletely, and the first real test is the incident itself.
- F01Recovery objectives unvalidated by service owners
- F02Third-party and data dependencies unmapped
- F03High-availability design never exercised realistically
Recommendation
How we solve it
Business impact analysis sets RTO and RPO, dependency mapping establishes recovery grouping, and a standing exercise programme proves the position each cycle.
- R01BIA-derived RTO and RPO agreed by service owners
- R02Dependency map covering third parties and data flows
- R03Exercise programme with findings tracked to closure
How the engagement runs
Four decisions, in order
Each stage ends in a written decision your board can sign — no stage begins before the last one closes.
Discover
Business impact analysis and dependency discovery.
Define
Recovery objectives and high-availability design agreed.
Deliver
HA build and first full exercise under observation.
Sustain
Standing exercise cycle with findings tracked to closure.
Value to the business
—Recovery capability evidenced by exercise results
—Continuity investment targeted at critical services
—Regulatory and insurer expectations satisfied
—Incident response rehearsed by the people who run it
Artefacts you keep
Business impact analysis
RTO/RPO definition
Dependency mapping
High-availability design
Continuity plan
Live exercise programme
Frameworks & tooling
Put the decision on paper
Bring us the question your board keeps deferring. We will scope an advisory engagement with a written recommendation and a date — a consultant replies within one business day.
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