BCP

How it works

• It lists what the business cannot stop doing and what it takes to keep it running.
• It names who does what, how staff are reached and how customers are told.
• It covers more than computers: premises, people, suppliers and paper records.
• It is tested and updated at least once a year.

What can go wrong (example scenario)

A six-person firm lost its office to a water leak. The IT was backed up, but nobody had planned for where staff would work or how clients would reach them, and it took a week to resume.

How WILDCARD handles it

A continuity plan is a vCIO output. Unified Backups covers the data side of recovery.

• A clinic decides which services restart first.
• A firm lists phone numbers for every staff member and key supplier.
• An office agrees on a fallback workspace.

A question owners ask

How long should a continuity plan be?

A page or two is enough for a small office, as long as it is kept current and staff know where it is.