Top 10 Reasons Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Plans Do Not Meet Compliance Requirements

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Top 10 Reasons DR/BC Not Compliant - Compliance and business continuity management are closely inter-related. A company's disaster recovery and business continuity programs would be incomplete without covering compliance risks and without using compliance tools to mitigate risks. On the other hand, compliance management is a critical component of disaster recovery and business continuity. This is recognized by executive management's ensuring that integrity and regulatory compliance are achieved - alongside strategic, operations and reporting objectives as the key pillars of a corporate disaster recovery and business continuity programs.

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Looking at compliance as an integral part of disaster recovery and business continuity, and at disaster recovery and business continuity as an integral part of compliance, helps companies to address a number of things they tend to do wrong in compliance. Here are ten areas where compliance often goes wrong:
  • Not focusing on what matters most
  • Not having sufficient C-Level executive direction
  • Not integrating compliance into the company's Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity program and business operations
  • Not providing a sufficient degree of independence
  • Not seeking independent validation of compliance of disaster recovery and business continuity effectiveness
  • Treating disaster recovery and business continuity compliance and as a box-ticking exercise
  • Not planning for or testing for all contingencies
  • Not providing sufficient training or materials for staffing
  • Not allocating sufficient budget to keep plans current
  • Picking a compliance standard that is not mature

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