Has your organization planned for business continuity in the event of a disaster? Is your organization ready to keep helping customers and/or clients, and delivering products and services if an unforeseen scenario arises? If you aren’t ready to keep your “doors open” when a disaster occurs, be prepared to lose customers, contracts and partnerships to your competition.
With HR Procedures for Business Continuity, SACS Consulting & Investigative Services, Inc. can help prepare for the inevitable disaster. We can help you determine:
- Next steps in direct relation to specific disasters your organization might encounter
- Contingency plans for delivering goods or services to customers/clients
- Alternative methods of communication or points of contact for specific situations
5 Business Continuity Dangers and Ways to Prepare to Minimize Business Interruption
- Cyberattacks.
Many cybersecurity concerns include Denial of Service (DDoS), phishing, viruses, and ransomware. What you can do: Keep your Operating Systems, applications, malware systems, and router firmware up-to-date. Train employees about phishing methods and establish a cybersecurity policy is good, too. Hire a cybersecurity company to assess your system and monitor and prevent risks should be seriously considered. - Adverse Weather.
Hurricanes, tornadoes, and flooding are of major concern to businesses everywhere. If you have a brick-and-mortar location, adverse weather events can put you out of commission for several days to several months. What you can do: Put your mission-critical information in the digitial cloud. Look into co-working spaces you can use temporarily, or be ready to set up work-from-home solutions. - Utility Interruptions.
Imagine a day at work when your electricity, telephone line, or water goes out. (Or heaven forbid, all three go out at the same time!) What you can do: Install a generator to provide a backup electrical supply. You can configure a VOIP telephone system that is accessible from anywhere. Lack of water, garbage collectors, labor strikes, or pipeline problems will likely necessitate that employees to move to another location to complete their work. Determine your plan, create the related procedures, and convey it all to your workforce. - Security Incidents.
In today’s volatile interpersonal climate, every business needs to be prepared to keep employees safe in the event an active shooter or an unauthorized person gains access to your premises. What you can do: Establish a policy to deal with an active shooter, and make certain employees get regular re-training on the related procedures. Put better security procedures (i.e., badges, codes, and even facial recognition) in place to keep employees or visitors away from areas they have no reason to be in. Consider doing a yearly physical security audit to determine any building vulnerabilities. - Fires.
Whether accidental or intentional, fires usually destroy everything on-premise. What you can do: Keep your asset inventory up-to-date to support a speedy claim with your insurance company. Back up your data daily and store the hard drive offsite and/or in the digital cloud. Call your technology partner and let them know what equipment you need and where you need it.
Keep your business up and running in a time of disaster with an HR Procedure for Business Continuity. Contact us to speak with one of our HR Procedure specialists today!