Keeping your business running
Disaster is just around the corner. It might sound like hyperbole, but every day we encounter points of risk that could make your day turn from good to bad.
The aim of business continuity planning isn't to dwell on all of the things that could ruin your business, rather to think on what could go wrong and what you can do to speed up recovery if that problem ever happens. Here’s an example of a business continuity
problem and solution:
Problem: A small business relies heavily on its IT infrastructure to conduct business. However, the business experiences a major IT outage due to a hardware failure, resulting in significant downtime and lost revenue.
Solution: The business implements a business continuity plan that includes the following steps:
By implementing a business continuity plan, the small business is able to minimize downtime and lost revenue in the event of an IT outage. The plan ensures that critical business functions can continue even in the face of a disruption, and provides a roadmap for recovering from an IT outage.
Assessing and defining those areas that keeps your business ticking is where Spoke and Hub can help. Mapping out and planning what to do if it all goes wrong gives a business the confidence and certainty of how long recovery might take. You can't always remove risk from business, but knowing how long it will take to recover, before the event takes place, means that you and your customers have certainty in an uncertain time.
Protecting Your Data
In modern times, data is the lifeblood of most companies. It tells you who your customers are, who you might be able to sell to. It is your history and your future, and it is also your obligation to protect.
Cyber threats, as well as the more mundane threat of user errors and mistakes, can bring companies of all sizes to their knees. The processes of both reacting to and planning against these threats are critical to your business.
Here's an example of how a company can keep its data secure in the event of a cyber attack:
Problem: A company experiences a cyber attack that results in a data breach. The company's sensitive information is compromised, and the company's reputation is at risk.
Solution: The company implements a data security plan that includes the following steps:
By implementing a data security plan, the company is able to keep its data secure in the event of a cyber attack. The plan ensures that sensitive data is protected from unauthorized access, and that the company is able to detect and respond to potential security threats.
Spoke and Hub can help assess your business systems and processes and protect yourself against the threat of cyber attack. Using best practice learned from ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials, Spoke and Hub can guide you to a place of security and cautious confidence.