Business continuity and disaster recovery are strategies that ensure schools and institutions can maintain or quickly resume critical functions after a disruptive event. Business continuity focuses on keeping operations running during a crisis, while disaster recovery focuses on restoring systems and data after a disruption.
- Business Continuity:
Goal: To keep essential business functions operating during and after a disruptive event.
Focus: Proactive measures to minimize downtime, preserve the organization's reputation, and maintain customer trust.
- Disaster Recovery:
Goal: To restore IT systems and data to an operational state after a disaster.
Focus: Reactive measures to recover from a disruptive event, including data backup and recovery, system restoration, and infrastructure redundancy.