Plan and manage IT continuity

Trigger: An organizational mandate, significant infrastructure update, or emerging threat initiates the IT continuity planning cycle.

1. Identify critical IT assets and system dependencies
2. Conduct business impact and risk assessments
3. Develop disaster recovery and IT continuity plans
4. Implement backup solutions and failover infrastructure
5. Test and validate recovery procedures
6. Update plans based on test results and system changes

Outcome: IT systems and data possess validated recovery plans and failover mechanisms ready to execute during a disruption.