Are You Prepared?

If your business has a fire or other disaster, will you be able to get back into business quickly?

Answer yes or no to each question below.

Have you identified and analyzed the possible risks to your business? (Do you know what could go wrong and how likely is it?)	Yes No
Have you identified your critical business processes? (Do you know exactly what you need to do in order to provide for your customers in a crisis?)	Yes No
If a disaster were to happen, have you assessed the human and financial impacts? How long can your business survive without access to premises, records, computers etc? How much data can you afford to lose?	Yes No
Do you have a staff notification contact list and is it up to date? In the event of a crisis can you account quickly for all personnel? Has a crisis communications strategy been developed?	Yes No
Do you have a designated Crisis Management Team of managers, media liaison, legal, human resource and property experts? (clear thinking and good communications are critical success factors for surviving a disaster)	Yes No
Do all your computer systems have disaster recovery (DR) plans? And are they tested regularly?	Yes No
Have you identified a crisis management center ie a place from which the management team can manage the crisis?	Yes No
Have you identified a business recovery site? (Somewhere for the work to be done while the damage to your business premises is fixed.)	Yes No
Have all the answers to the questions above been written down into your Business Continuity Plan?	Yes No
Have you practiced or rehearsed your BCP with the people involved to reveal any weaknesses that may require correction?	Yes No