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Business Continuity

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A continuity plan would make this disaster have a better ending.   No one expects a fire, or a flood but they happen all the time. The most common saying I hear is "its not going to happen here" or "we don't have anything that critical" I will still ask what is your business continuity plan? Business continuity is an essential part of your daily operating procedure. You have some in place already, I hope.  What happens if your business burns down, or is robbed. The what if we need extra money this month, you have a line of credit right? But what if the phones don't work for a week, do you have a plan to be able to answer the phone. If the customer cannot call you who will they call? Your competition because they need what you have today, not when you get your phones working in a week. You have an alarm system, a fire extinguisher? What about a offsite backup of your critical financial files?  Recently I was tasked with attempting to find  a mispla...