When it comes to business continuity, some people feel the burden of managing the plan lies strictly with its IT department. After all, most continuity concepts do seem to center around managing network security, online backup plans, and other aspects of a business’s technology. Business continuity management involves much more than network and computer systems and it must be managed from the top level of a business in order to be effective.
A business’s IT department does have the responsibility of helping assess continuity aspects of a business and make recommendations on the best way to handle the risks the business faces. But this responsibility lies with all of a business’s departments. Different areas have different risks associated with continuity and the advice of the experts who work in the area daily is crucial to developing the best continuity plan.
Once these various areas of a business offer their assessments and suggestions, it takes the high ranking management officials of a business to bring together the support it takes to choose which recommendations to follow and how to put them into place. Even if a business hires outside consultants to help decide on the continuity plan, it will take the company management’s support to put the plan in motion.
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