Business Continuity Planning in a Security Context
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) in a security context addresses how your organisation continues to operate during and after a security incident — from ransomware attacks and data breaches to infrastructure compromise and prolonged DDoS. Security incidents are one of the most disruptive categories of business disruption.
Ransomware: The Business Continuity Threat
Ransomware encrypts your data and demands payment for decryption. It is the most impactful cyber threat for most organisations. Effective ransomware resilience requires:
- Offline backups: Backups that cannot be reached and encrypted by ransomware — including immutable cloud backups
- Tested recovery procedures: Backups that have never been tested are not reliable — we test restoration procedures regularly
- Segmented networks: Limit lateral movement so ransomware cannot spread across all systems
- Incident response plan: A documented, rehearsed plan for ransomware response — who decides whether to pay, who engages incident response firms, who communicates with insurers
Availability and Failover
- Redundant systems and geographic failover reduce the impact of infrastructure compromise
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) should be defined for all critical systems and validated through disaster recovery tests
Cyber Insurance
Cyber insurance is increasingly relevant and increasingly requiring evidence of security controls. We can provide technical documentation to support your cyber insurance application or renewal.