Disaster recovery plans and business continuity plans are sometimes thought to be synonyms

Discussion

Please select only one of the following questions and offer a good, substantive reply to it (let’s have varied discussions, so that we all learn more):

1. Disaster recovery plans and business continuity plans are sometimes thought to be synonyms; alike. What is a disaster recovery plan in relation to a business continuity plan? Are both necessary?
2. Security isn’t simply a technology issue, it’s a business issue. Discuss.
3. If you were developing a business continuity plan for your company, where would you start? What aspects of the business would the plan address?
4. Suppose your business had an e-commerce Web site where it sold goods and accepted credit card payments. Discuss the major security threats to this Web site and their potential impact. What can be done to minimize these threats?

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