Inspiration and Beliefs

At Black Fox Security, we understand that business disruptions can happen at any moment, from natural disasters to cyberattacks or infrastructure failures. Our approach to Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) assessment combines systematic evaluation with practical improvement strategies to ensure your organization can maintain critical functions during disruptions and rapidly recover afterward. We believe that effective continuity and recovery planning is not merely about documentation—it's about creating realistic, tested procedures that your team can confidently execute under pressure. Our methodology emphasizes practical, resilient solutions that balance comprehensive protection with operational realities.

  • Thorough evaluation of your existing plans against industry best practices and standards
  • Identification of critical business functions and their supporting IT assets and dependencies
  • Realistic recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) aligned with business needs
  • Expert guidance from certified business continuity professionals with cross-industry experience

Our Process

  • 1

    Comprehensive evaluation covering performance, security, architecture, and management

  • 2
    Our experts analyze network traffic patterns, utilization levels, latency, packet loss, and throughput across your environment, identifying bottlenecks, oversubscribed segments, and capacity limitations that impact application performance.
  • 3
    We assess your network security controls, including segmentation, access controls, firewall rules, intrusion detection/prevention, encryption, and monitoring capabilities, identifying vulnerabilities and compliance gaps.
  • 4
    Our team evaluates your network architecture against best practices and your business requirements, examining redundancy, scalability, complexity, standardization, and support for critical applications and services.
  • 5
    Based on our assessment, we deliver prioritized findings and actionable recommendations, from quick-win optimizations to strategic improvements, with clear explanations of their business benefits and implementation considerations.

F.A.Q.

A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a comprehensive framework that focuses on maintaining critical business functions during and after a disruptive event. It addresses organizational aspects including personnel, facilities, communications, and business processes. A Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is a subset of the BCP that specifically focuses on recovering IT systems, applications, and data after a disaster or major outage. While the BCP ensures the organization can continue operating, the DRP ensures the technical infrastructure supporting those operations can be restored.

Our assessments incorporate leading standards and frameworks including ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management Systems), NIST SP 800-34 (Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems), the Business Continuity Institute's Good Practice Guidelines, and the Disaster Recovery Institute International's Professional Practices. We tailor our approach based on your industry, regulatory requirements, and organizational maturity, focusing on practical improvements rather than rigid standard compliance.

Business continuity and disaster recovery plans should be reviewed at least annually and updated whenever significant changes occur in your business or IT environment. Significant changes that should trigger a review include: organizational restructuring, new critical business processes, infrastructure or application changes, shifts in vendor relationships, regulatory changes, or after actual incidents or exercises reveal deficiencies. Regular reviews ensure your plans remain aligned with your current business objectives, technology landscape, and threat environment.

Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the maximum acceptable time it should take to restore a business process after a disruption. Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. Together, these metrics define your recovery expectations and drive technology and process decisions. Unrealistic RTOs and RPOs can lead to excessive costs or unmet expectations during actual recovery, while overly generous metrics may not adequately protect critical business functions. Our assessment helps establish appropriate RTOs and RPOs based on business impact analysis and technical capabilities.

Ready to Strengthen Your Organizational Resilience?

Schedule a free consultation with our BCP/DRP specialists to discuss your current plans and discover how our assessment services can help you build more effective continuity and recovery capabilities.

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