Nowadays, the employees of many companies are remotely located and many product are digital and in the cloud. What would a BCP look like for such companies?
You are right, many companies are moving to the cloud and off-premises. When you build your BCP, look at all the things that can go wrong, and make a plan for how to handle it. For Example: Imagine that you had your local file storage in the cloud (OneDrive or Azure Storage, etc). Your BCP would need to take into account the backup options for cloud deployment. For example, if you are using Azure Data Storage, instead of a local file share, what is the process for handling an attack on your storage? Do you have a backup? Are you relying entirely on Microsoft (OneDrive/Azure) to handle it for you? What would you do if the backup was also corrupted? Have you 'war-gamed' restoring your backup? What is the timeline? Some OneDrive settings only keep backups for a short period of time. If you don't restore within 30 days, you lose it. It can cost more to have your backups secure in a different location, or for a longer period of time. Be sure to check out the policy for each cloud service you use. If you know that your BCP will have you restore all files within 10 days, a 30-day backup might be fine. The short answer is: Is depends on the situation, your aversion to risk, your budget, and the consequences to the company of bad things happening. Being in the cloud or on premises doesn't change that. :) Hope that helps! -Cheryl
I want full course business continuity planning and disaster recovery
This is a great idea! There is so much involved in BCP/DRP, that it probably could be an entire course. :)
Nowadays, the employees of many companies are remotely located and many product are digital and in the cloud. What would a BCP look like for such companies?
You are right, many companies are moving to the cloud and off-premises.
When you build your BCP, look at all the things that can go wrong, and make a plan for how to handle it.
For Example: Imagine that you had your local file storage in the cloud (OneDrive or Azure Storage, etc). Your BCP would need to take into account the backup options for cloud deployment. For example, if you are using Azure Data Storage, instead of a local file share, what is the process for handling an attack on your storage? Do you have a backup? Are you relying entirely on Microsoft (OneDrive/Azure) to handle it for you? What would you do if the backup was also corrupted? Have you 'war-gamed' restoring your backup? What is the timeline?
Some OneDrive settings only keep backups for a short period of time. If you don't restore within 30 days, you lose it. It can cost more to have your backups secure in a different location, or for a longer period of time. Be sure to check out the policy for each cloud service you use. If you know that your BCP will have you restore all files within 10 days, a 30-day backup might be fine.
The short answer is: Is depends on the situation, your aversion to risk, your budget, and the consequences to the company of bad things happening. Being in the cloud or on premises doesn't change that. :)
Hope that helps! -Cheryl