An adequate geographical spread between the original and duplicate resources, the various suppliers, the replica operations or the base site and its recovery site.

The act of conducting a coordinated assessment to determine the appropriate actions to be performed on impacted assets.

The pre-planned assumption of risk in which a decision is made to bear loses that could result from a Business Continuity event rather than purchasing insurance to cover those potential losses.

The process and procedures required to maintain or recover critical services such as "remote access" or "end-user support" during a business interruption.

A process used to mitigate, develop, and document procedures that enable an organization to recover critical services after a business interruption.

Defines the specifics under which externally (contractually with a vendor) or internally (e.g., Information Technology) provided products and services are to be delivered, and the consequences if the product or service provider does not perform as stated in the SLA.

Activities to be performed which ensure that the terms of a service level agreement (SLA) are properly executed.

An official order, issued in response to an imminent danger situation, is the act of seeking safety within the building one already occupies, rather than evacuating the area or seeking a community emergency shelter.

One method of exercising teams in which participants perform some or all of the actions they would take in the event of plan activation.

Refers to a single fault or malfunction, e.g., by people or systems, that can cause an entire system or set of processes to malfunction or totally fail.