Business continuity is an organization’s ability to keep essential operations running during and after a disruption. The disruption could result from events such as a cyberattack, power failure, natural disaster, equipment breakdown, or loss of a critical supplier. Business continuity planning identifies important processes, resources, dependencies, and recovery procedures so an organization can respond without completely stopping its operations.
A continuity plan may define backup systems, alternative work locations, emergency communication methods, recovery priorities, and assigned responsibilities. For example, an online business might use redundant infrastructure and regularly tested backups so customer services can continue even if its primary systems become unavailable.
