According to the survey findings, a more resilient 2018 starts with organizations that value their BC department’s hard work and invest in preventative initiatives. While cybersecurity is a nationwide risk, organizations should ensure they have natural disaster and severe weather plans for their region. Moving forward, a higher use of technology is necessary to manage the growing list of potentially disruptive threats.

Prompted by the complexity and importance of the industry, the 2018 State of Business Continuity Report was conducted by Earth Networks to help BC professionals identify best practices and recommendations. This survey focuses on BC threats, challenges, and training, including the topic three threats to business continuity in 2018 as identified by BC professionals across 13 industries.

The survey sought to understand the what are the focus areas for BC and Disaster Recovery (DR) professionals, which threats are the most important to prepare for in the eyes of BC and DR professionals, the goals of BC professionals, and the primary areas of investment to enhance BC programs?

Click here to download the 2018 State of Business Continuity Report.