Perhaps the biggest myth about business continuity is that responsibility for it should reside within the IT department. It is easy to see where this originated, as business continuity has evolved from IT disaster recovery, where it was appropriate for the IT department to take the lead. IT downtime is still one of the biggest causes of business disruptions, so it is a natural, if flawed, assumption that business continuity management should be IT-led.
The best and most effective business continuity management system is developed through taking a holistic approach. However this does not come naturally to many organizations, where a divide often exists between the IT department and the rest of the business. Given that IT is such a central part of many business continuity plans there is a strong temptation to delegate business continuity to the IT department. This should be actively avoided. Business continuity must be led by the business, but the business needs to be able to communicate with the IT department and understand its technical language and highly complex infrastructure. To fail to achieve this will inevitably result in a sub-standard, potentially worthless, business continuity management system.
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