Structured workflows for Exercise and Crisis Management

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title: Structured workflows for Exercise and Crisis Management
description: Business Continuity is an ongoing set of activities aimed at reducing the risk of an organization and improving its ability to respond to and recover from disruptions. To this effect, recovery and exercise management helps in continuous testing and improving of your continuity plans, and minimize business disruptions when a crisis strikes.
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# Structured workflows for Exercise and Crisis Management

Business Continuity is an ongoing set of activities aimed at reducing the risk of an organization and improving its ability to respond to and recover from disruptions. To this effect, recovery and exercise management helps in continuous testing and improving of your continuity plans, and minimize business disruptions when a crisis strikes.

The objectives of Recovery and Exercise Management are:

-   **Plan Exercising Recovery Management**
    -   Provide continuous testing and improving of continuity plans.
    -   Improve effectiveness and usability of plans during simulated and actual crisis events.
-   **Crisis Management**
    -   Minimize unavailability of critical business functions and processes across the organization.
    -   Minimize financial, reputation, legal, and regulatory impacts during a crisis event.