Business Continuity and the Cloud
The CEO of your company is concerned that a natural disaster could make your company’s information systems unavailable long enough to significantly impact business. Currently, critical systems like file servers, e-mail services, and applications, such as HR, Payroll, Billing, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), are hosted in a local datacenter. Your job is to educate the board on the benefits and risks associated with using cloud services for business continuity and disaster recovery in order to aid their decision on whether to move to a cloud-based service or continue working from a local datacenter.
Prepare a 4- to 5-page Microsoft® Word document discussing the use of cloud services for business continuity and disaster recovery. Include the following:
Cloud Services for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery:
Define business continuity and disaster recovery in the context of the cloud services
Show the importance of disaster continuity and disaster recovery to the function of the business
Risk Assessment:
Identify which risks can be transferred to the cloud provider based on the functions of the business
Explain new risks associated with using cloud services based on the functions of the business
Cost/Benefit Analysis:
Show the costs associated with a cloud-based solution for the business
Outline the benefits associated with a cloud-based solution for the business
Conclusion:
Relate the risk assessment and cost/benefit analysis to the business continuity and disaster recovery for the needs the business
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Cloud Services for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Define business continuity and disaster recovery in the context of the cloud services
Organizations reap many benefits from the use of cloud services. Cloud computing refers to the delivery of computing services like servers, databases, storage, and networks over the internet. The system, therefore, uses remote servers hosted over the internet to carry out essential business operations like storage, management and data processing instead of using local servers.
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