Amongst the bad news, I would like for a moment, for us think about how Coronavirus has helped businesses.  

Thanks to Covid-19, businesses have been forced to expedite the adoption of remote working and cloud storage solutions, changes which we would expect to take years to be accepted and implemented. But now that the dust is settling and we’re getting used to our new home offices, it is essential that we now focus attention on the review and updating of your Business Continuity Plans (BCPs).  

This year has provided many businesses with the first opportunity to apply a real-life test of their BCP – a world away from the controlled and documented tests carried out throughout its lifecycle. Which begs the question:  

It is evident that many businesses were unprepared for such a set of circumstances, even with a BCP their plans often focused on managing IT failures or lack of access to a premise. Due to the current Covid-19 outbreak and the restrictions put in place by the world’s governments, IT departments and outsourced IT firms, like eacs, have been working around the clock to implement and prepare remote working solutions to enable entire workforces to work from home. 

Whilst at first these changes help to provide a solution to many problems, they also bring with them a new set of operational risks which need to be considered by the business, documented and prepared for, in your BCP. Questions like: 

The creation, or review of a business continuity plan is no small task and requires a lot of time and effort from senior management within an organisation. With fresh memories of the initial reaction and extensions to lockdowns just announced, there has never been a better time to focus time and effort into the updating of these documents. Striking whilst the iron is hot will be key to creating a document that protects and helps your business based on real life events, not just a box ticking exercise based theoretical events.  

For more information or to talk through some of the challenges you may be facing with Business Continuity at the moment, contact one of our specialists by either emailing information@eacs.com, or by calling 0800 8047 256.