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In today’s volatile world, businesses face an ever-evolving landscape of risks, from cyberattacks and supply chain disruptions to natural disasters. A recent PWC survey highlights a stark reality: many organizations have recently experienced disruptions, emphasizing the need for a robust business continuity plan.

Think of annual business continuity resolutions as a strategic health check for your organization—a chance to evaluate, refine, and strengthen your ability to navigate crises. These resolutions ensure your business is prepared for challenges and resilient enough to thrive in the face of adversity.

This guide explores key resolutions to elevate your business continuity posture, including regular risk assessments, updated emergency communication protocols, and enhanced cybersecurity measures. These strategies, from sustainability to remote work readiness, are designed to help businesses adapt to uncertainties, protect critical operations, and safeguard long-term success.

As we approach 2025, use these actionable insights to prepare for the unexpected, bolster resilience, and secure a future where your organization can endure and excel, no matter the disruption.

Regular Risk Assessments: Knowing Your Vulnerabilities

Start by thoroughly examining your business for potential weaknesses. Don’t just focus on obvious threats. Consider less likely but high-impact events, incorporating risk management best practices.

Cyberattacks, like the one that crippled the City of Atlanta, demonstrate how quickly vulnerabilities can be exploited. Performing a business impact analysis can help quantify the potential effects of different threats.

Update Emergency Communication: Keeping Everyone Informed

Make sure your emergency communication system is current and regularly tested. This enables clear, fast communication during a crisis, whether it’s a natural disaster or a cyberattack. Communication lines are critical in a disaster, ensuring all stakeholders can access and disseminate important information. Include emergency contacts to maintain effective communication and minimize downtime.

Think about new channels for more effective communication. Draw inspiration from business continuity trends to strengthen communication and maintain updated communication protocols for effective responses during any disruption. Incorporate strategies from the business continuity definition to plan for data loss, ensuring operations can continue following an unexpected event.

Focus on Sustainability: Planning Long-Term

Sustainability is crucial for long-term business viability and resilience planning. A sustainable business model decreases operational risks. It also attracts customers who prefer eco-conscious brands.

Test and Refine Your Plan: Practice Makes Perfect

A business continuity program isn’t a one-time thing. Just like any strategy, you have to routinely review and refine your business continuity plan. Regular testing illuminates hidden flaws, keeping the plan fresh and functional.

Conducting plan reviews is important to help strengthen data protection procedures. This also identifies weaknesses that may impact business operations, from internal systems to office spaces, and considers a temporary office for operations if the physical workplace becomes inaccessible. Utilize business continuity plan examples and recovery systems when developing an action plan for your small business. Having examples may improve communication lines during a disaster and improve your organization’s crisis management and risk mitigation protocols.

Strengthen Cybersecurity: Fortifying Your Digital Fortress

With rising cyberattacks, tightening your digital security should be a primary goal. Strong cybersecurity lessens the chance of successful attacks disrupting your work. Consider robust data protection measures within your recovery efforts and data center to minimize downtime and maintain operations during incidents like ransomware attacks.

Top-notch data backup systems are crucial. These systems copy vital information, protecting you from system crashes, ransomware, or human error. Backups help you bounce back quickly. Effective recovery procedures include implementing multiple communication lines, having a disaster recovery plan in place, and maintaining robust data protection mechanisms.

Diversify Your Supply Chain: Avoiding Single Points of Failure

For true strength, businesses must diversify their supply chain. Having various sources for essential goods keeps problems contained, ensuring smooth operations. Use business continuity planning to prepare your supply chain for disruptions such as natural disasters or other crises.

Disruptions affect all companies; take Karmak, which was hit by a ransomware attack. Implementing continuity plans helps to safeguard your supply chain and ensure you can continue operating if severe weather or another unforeseen incident damages your facilities or systems.

Adapt to Remote Work: Embracing Flexibility

Investing in remote work technology boosts performance and strengthens business resilience, ensuring business continuity during unforeseen events.

Remote work capability maintains operations during events like Hurricane Sandy. Cloud storage, for instance, enables employees to work even if company offices are inaccessible. Effective continuity management plans incorporate key business operations and recovery time, reducing downtime and disruptions in critical services. Implement remote work plans for continuity of operations.

Conclusion

As we prepare for the challenges and opportunities of 2025, elevating your business continuity posture is not just a proactive measure—it’s a strategic imperative. By embracing these resolutions—conducting regular risk assessments, fortifying cybersecurity, updating communication systems, and integrating sustainability—you position your organization to withstand disruptions and emerge stronger.

Business continuity planning is a dynamic process. Regular reviews, testing, and adaptation ensure your strategies remain effective in an ever-changing environment. Whether it’s responding to natural disasters, cyber threats, or unexpected operational challenges, a well-crafted and frequently updated continuity plan safeguards your organization’s future.

Committing to these resolutions demonstrates resilience, protects your stakeholders, and sets the stage for long-term success. Being prepared is your greatest competitive advantage in a world where disruptions are inevitable. As the new year begins, seize this opportunity to fortify your business and ensure it thrives, no matter what lies ahead.

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About Marie Strawser

Marie Strawser brings more than two decades of experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management to her role as a Principal at Bryghtpath.

Prior to joining Bryghtpath, Marie spent more than twenty years in various business continuity leadership roles for companies like Ameriprise Financial, Target, and US Bank. She began her career at Ernst & Young, where she served as a Senior Advisor on their risk practice team designing and implementing business continuity and crisis management programs.

Marie is the co-founder of the Upper Midwest Security Alliance (UMSA) and presently serves as their managing director. UMSA is a non-profit organization that holds the Secure 360 conference, a regional multi-disciplinary security conference spanning information security, physical security, business continuity, and audit. Secure 360 has been held annually in the Twin Cities since 2006.