Business Continuity Planning
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is a proactive process that involves creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to a company. It ensures that personnel and assets are protected and can function quickly in the event of a disaster, such as cyberattacks, natural disasters, or supply chain disruptions. The goal is to maintain essential operations and minimize downtime, safeguarding an organization's reputation and financial stability.
Developers should learn BCP to design resilient systems and contribute to organizational risk management, especially when building critical infrastructure, cloud services, or applications requiring high availability. It's essential for roles in DevOps, site reliability engineering (SRE), and security, as it helps ensure software can recover from failures and meet service-level agreements (SLAs). Use cases include planning for data center outages, implementing disaster recovery protocols, and complying with industry regulations like GDPR or HIPAA.