Business Continuity

1. The set of controls designed to keep a business running in the face of adversity, whether natural or man-made

2. Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP)

1. Keep business operations running

2. Primary control that supports the security objective of Availability

1. What business activities will the plan cover

2. What systems will it cover

3. What controls will it consider

Business continuity planning in the cloud requires collaboration between providers and customers.

1. Redundancy

2. Single Point of Failure Analysis (SPOF)

3. Succession planning

Protects against the failure of a single component

continues until the cost of addressing risks outweighs the benefit

When someone leaves the organization have a replacement or successor ready for that position.

Uses multiple systems to protect against service failure

Makes a single system resilient against technical failures

1. Spreads demand across systems

2. Different than High Availability (They have different goals)

1. Power Supply

2. Storage media

3. Networking