Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans

Running head: BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN
BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN
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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
BC/DR Plan:....................................................................................................................................2
Analysis of the Historical Event:.....................................................................................................3
Impact on Organization:..................................................................................................................4
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................5
References:......................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction:
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans are a type of a method that helps every
organization to prepare themselves for any kind of unfortunate and disruptive events. Those
events may include anything ranging from a simple power outage to hurricane or any other kind
of natural disaster. It is the responsibility of the CSO to oversee the plan and help with the
provision of proper support so that the plan can be implemented. Gaille Media, a small
marketing agency situated in the US was hit by Hurricane Harvey and this paper analyzes its
BC/DR plan to overcome the disaster.
Gaille media is located in southeast Texas and is a small business which operates on the
grounds of a small internet marketing agency. In the year 2017, the Hurricane Harvey slammed
into the area of South east Texas and ravaged lots of homes and businesses. Gaille media was
one of such firm that was affected by this disaster and had to utilize the BC/DR plan to get back
into its track. Research showed that the disaster destroyed 40 percent to 60 percent of the small
business in the area but Gaille media was one of those few firms that did not contribute to the
statistics of the companies that were unable to restart their business.
BC/DR Plan:
There is a difference between Disaster Recovery plan and Business continuity plan;
disaster recovery is the plan that an organization implements when it is disrupted by any
disastrous event. The events might include something as earthquake or any kind of attack; the
event can also range from smaller in gravity like malfunctioning software to the attack of a
computer virus (McNeill & Topping, 2018). However, it is the tendency of human beings to have