Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
I) Business Continuity Plan (BCP): A comprehensive, organization-wide strategy designed to ensure the continuity of essential business operations during and after a disruption. Addresses all critical areas—including processes, personnel, technology, facilities, and internal/external communications—to minimize operational downtime, financial losses, reputational damage, and regulatory exposure. Serves as the overarching framework for organizational resilience, with the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) functioning as a key component focused specifically on restoring IT systems and infrastructure. II) Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP): A Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is a technology- and compliance-driven strategy designed to restore critical IT systems—including cloud infrastructure, software applications, and sensitive data—to a known operational state following a disruption. The primary goal is to minimize Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objecti...