4 Best Practices for Creating a Strong Business Continuity Plan

So what are best practices to employ? Here are four to consider:

1. Consider the benefits of outsourcing disaster recovery and business continuity responsibilities to a managed services provider (MSP). Cloud computing can play into a retailer's decision to have a MSP handle disaster recovery and business continuity. Since retailer business volume spikes at certain times of the year, the cloud enables retailers to handle such periods without having to pay for more servers. Third-party providers almost always handle cloud responsibilities for cost and efficiency reasons, among others.