Business Continuity Overview
We provide an insightful review of your vendor's documented Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans. This overview examines your vendor's managerial oversight, whether there is a dedicated continuity team, and plan scope. It also determines their readiness for pandemic preparedness and a summary of their process for service interruption or degradation, offering a valuable view of whether they are setup to ensure uninterrupted operations amid unforeseen events.
Business Continuity Testing
We evaluate your vendor's approach to testing their Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans. We provide the frequency of their tests and the robustness of alternative arrangements like remote work capabilities and secondary data centers. Our expert scoring system reflects the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of a vendor’s testing, helping to provide a clearer understanding of their readiness during real-world disruptions.
Business Impact Analysis
We evaluate your vendor's process of analyzing the operational impacts arising from various interruption scenarios. This domain zeroes in on their Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), assessing how well they meet these objectives. Our analysis illuminates the resilience of their operational frameworks in facing adversities, facilitating a better understanding of potential risk and preparedness.
Backup Management
We review your vendor's data resiliency measures with a keen focus on backup protocols for both primary and alternate sites. This risk-domain explores backup frequency, offsite/offline backup procedures, and the testing of these backups. Our scoring reflects the effectiveness of their data resiliency strategies and alert systems for backup failures, ensuring you understand how your vendor is safeguarding your crucial data.
Both overarching and focused risk ratings grant a layered understanding, enabling you to make decisions faster. Our assessment dives into processes your vendor has in place for business continuity testing, their business impact analysis, and backup management.
Our assessment provides a written summary of findings within each risk domain, as well as overall findings and any recommendations. Driven by the responses and our review, these comments offer targeted insights, making it easier for you to act on the data and make well-informed risk-based decisions.
