Business continuity planning

- [Narrator] Business continuity planning…is one of the core responsibilities…of the information security profession.…Business continuity efforts are a collection of activities…designed to keep a business running…in the face of adversity.…This adversity may come in the form…of a small-scale incident such as a single system failure,…or a catastrophic incident such as an earthquake or tornado.…Business continuity plans may also be activated…by manmade disasters such as a terrorist attack…or hacker intrusion.…While many organizations place responsibility…for business continuity with operational engineering teams,…business continuity is a core security concept…because it is the primary control…that supports the security objective of availability.…

Remember, that's one of the big three objectives…of information security:…confidentiality, integrity, and availability.…When an organization begins a business continuity effort,…it's easy to quickly become overwhelmed…by the many possible scenarios and controls…that the project might consider.…