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What is a Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery plan?

Buildings,  August, 2003  by Carlisle, Van

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Every facility, large or small, needs a Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) plan. It guides the actions to be taken by facilities managers and other company officials.

The most essential component of the BC/DR plan is the identification and protection of vital records. All facilities managers should embark on a proactive, rather than a reactive, approach to disaster preparation--especially with respect to vital records. If a vital record is lost, damaged, destroyed, or otherwise rendered unavailable, that loss becomes a disaster-within-a-disaster, affecting critical ...

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