A disaster recovery plan is essential for every business; it represents a strategy or a plan to follow in case of an event of natural or man-made causes. A disaster recovery plan minimizes the impact of significant negative events within your organization; it enables businesses to maintain, replace, or resume mission-critical functions following a disaster. But how effective is your disaster recovery plan?

A power outage for example can represent millions of dollar in revenue, and a major hit to the company’s reputation this is more likely the scenario of a big organization, however in the case of a small business it may never reopen again. Snowstorms, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes even hackers can pose a threat to your business without warning at all, having a strong disaster recovery plan is no longer a choice is a must unless you want to start your business from zero again.