Business Continuity Life Cycle

1. This Business Continuity or BC life cycle consists of the 6 “Rs”. The time period where each “R” is implemented is as follows:

Reduce - the period of time before the disaster.
Response - the hours and days immediately following the disaster.
Recover - the period from the occurance of the disaster until temporary operations or alternative processing are executed.
Resume - the time whereby business functions and operations are resumed at alternate site.
Restore - the restoration of non-critical functions and damaged infrastructures.
Return - the time when operations return to normal.