IT contingency plan: Be prepared in case of major outages

Do you have a clear plan, roles and strategy when all your computers go down, a natural disaster strikes or you suffer a cyber attack.

If your IT systems suffer an outage, it will affect your bottom line as it can stop employees from working and have high costs associated with additional data recovery costs.

With a contingency plan, you know how to get your systems back up and running as quickly as possible.

In addition, some companies are required by law to have data recovery and a contingency plan in case of an outage. Your data is valuable, so it's essential to be recoverable.

An IT contingency plan also increases customer confidence as you can demonstrate a clear plan in case of a major outage.

Our IT specialists have extensive experience in preparing a thorough contingency plan, which we can then train with you via simulations where we simulate an outage.

The training ensures that everyone knows their role and common procedure in the event of a real crash.

A thorough IT contingency plan should include a risk assessment of potential threats and the consequences of an outage. It should also assess which IT systems are critical to day-to-day operations so that they can be prioritized in the event of an outage.

In the plan, it's also important that each employee knows their role. Who calls for help, who is responsible and where to meet when IT systems are down.

MI Support IT can help you prepare all this in an efficient and professional way.