Roundtables

Getting BC and DR right

Earlier this year, a power failure tripped British Airways’ datacentres and grounded thousands of passengers for days. It highlighted the roles of Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) in companies, but also showed how difficult it can be to get these right.

27 September 2017

Q: What is the difference between BC and DR?

Michael Davies, MD, ContinuitySA: When you talk to people about DR, they see it as an IT thing, whereas BC is a more encompassing discipline. That includes people, processes and technology. BC is that fuller picture.

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