The latest business configuration that can be reactivated using the restored disaster
recovery plan is acceptable.
Figure 1: A disaster recovery plan
Coexistence of BCP and DRP
In real life, most companies that use business continuity plans also use disaster recovery
plans. Nevertheless, there is often confusion in the literature in distinguishing between
what a business continuity plan is and what a disaster recovery plan is. Many people still
use the terms interchangeably. People also refer to both as "contingency plans."
The business continuity plan is actually the result of a comprehensive business process
that includes the disaster recovery plan, meant for the IT functional unit. Figure 2
shows that the IT unit is in charge of the computing environment for the entire company
and that the disaster recovery program documented in the disaster recovery plan is
concerned only with the computing environment and not the business system of the
organization. The disaster recovery plan is a very important component of the business
continuity system.
Figure 2: Coexisting business continuity and disaster recovery plans
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