Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Consultants

20% of all businesses will suffer a disaster sometime during the business lifetime. It might take the form of a major flood, fire, tornado, earthquake, or other natural calamity. Or it might be something as unlikely as a massive regional power outage, even a terrorist attack. As unlikely as some of these scenarios seem, all we need to do is look back to Hurricane Katrina or the events of 9-11.

Without a Business Continuity Plan, or BCP, studies show 43% of businesses will never reopen. 80% of those that do reopen will fail within 13 months. 53% never recoup losses created by the disaster.

The fact is, the disaster that strikes your business doesn't have to be as massive as Katrina or 9-11 to threaten your business survival. It might only affect a portion of your business - a small fire in your warehouse or production area, a lightning strike that takes out your phone system, a power surge that damages a half-dozen servers.

Less than 50% of businesses have a BCP in place. Of those that do, less than 50% test it annually.

With a BCP in place, along with a trained disaster recovery team, your disaster recovery efforts get critical functions back online quickly. Such a plan can help minimize the negative effects of an interruption in business, whatever the cause, and help you beat the odds.

Huber Advisors stands ready to help you develop your Business Continuity Plan, put it in place, train your people, and conduct drills so your business is prepared for any contingency.

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