Business continuity is the practice of ensuring that mission critical functions are not impacted, or the impact is limited, when an incident or disaster occurs.  Business continuity is achieved to a small degree through the use of industry best practices.  Unfortunately, best practices are often considered expensive and so many small business do not implement them.  Some of the repercussions can be seen in the line chart to the right.

When business is disrupted, it can cost money. Lost revenues plus extra expenses means reduced profits. Insurance does not cover all costs and cannot replace customers that defect to the competition. A business continuity plan to continue business is essential. – ready.gov

Murray IT Consulting will work with you and your team to develop a Business Impact Analysis in order to create mitigation and prevention strategies.  Simply put, we will seek to understand how the disruption, its likelihood, and its timing may impact your company and develop a solution to keep you running.

The risk assessment process below is just one of many resources available to small businesses at ready.gov.