DR and BC factors in cybersecurity

The cybersecurity situation globally is such that attacks are a guarantee. It is not a matter of whether a business will be attacked but rather when it will be attacked. In such an environment, a business needs to plan for these security incidents when they do occur. Major security incidents threaten the survival of a business. Statistics show that many businesses do not survive major data breaches and those that do survive end up closing shop within 2 years of a security incident. DR entails procedures being put in place to handle security incidents, and BC encompasses processes in the aftermath of a security incident that ensure that a business survives such an attack. A CISO develops these processes in anticipation of security attacks and creates guidelines on how the business will handle security incidents when they do occur to minimize the impact of the incident and to ensure the business survives attacks with the least negative impact.