Business continuity planning and disaster recovery center around minimizing the change that occur to a company when a crisis occurs.

Business continuity planning helps protect your company from disaster, but it can also help protect it from bad ideas and poor management in everyday workflows.

During a crisis, communication is one of the most important things for survival.

While smaller businesses often don’t think twice about geopolitical impact on their operations, they might need to start as various global situations escalate.

It’s safe to assume that, even for a 100 percent online business, weather has an impact on operations and profits.

Less than half of businesses across the United States are fully prepared to recover from a disaster.

As part of risk assessment, one factor you’ll need to consider is whether or not it is safe for workers to come into the office, or to tell them to stay home.

HP recently published its annual Cyber Risk Report for 2015, exploring the cyber security landscape through 2014 and what trends are likely to rise above the rest for this year.

Spring brings a cessation of colder temperatures and snow from winter, but it also brings a variety of business continuity threats of its own that companies need to ensure they are prepared for.

Power supply interruptions aren’t as common a threat in North America as they are in other areas, but the potential still exists, making it essential to optimize your business continuity planning for the risk.