Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Recovery planning that protects uptime, revenue, and customer trust.
Business continuity is not a single backup tool. It is a complete operating plan for how your systems, people, and processes recover after an outage, cyber incident, or infrastructure failure. Gijo helps teams build practical resilience with clear recovery targets and tested execution.
Continuity planning that goes beyond backup checkboxes
Many organizations assume they are protected because they have backup software. In practice, recovery failures often happen because dependencies are undocumented, recovery priorities are unclear, and restore testing is inconsistent. We fix that by defining business-impact priorities first, then designing technical recovery around them.
Our approach combines executive priorities with technical reality. We map critical systems, recovery windows, and acceptable data-loss tolerance so your team knows exactly what to do when disruption happens.
Core continuity scope
- Business impact mapping and recovery tier classification
- RTO/RPO definition by application and workflow
- Backup architecture design (local, cloud, hybrid, immutable options)
- Restore validation and failover/fallback test planning
- Incident communication and decision tree documentation
- Continuity runbooks for leadership, IT, and operations stakeholders
What you get
- Recovery objectives by system (RTO/RPO matrix)
- Gap analysis between current and target recovery posture
- Backup and restore implementation checklist
- Tabletop and technical recovery test plan
- Documented continuity playbook for incidents
Best-fit scenarios
- Organizations handling critical customer or operational data
- Teams with compliance, contract, or insurance continuity obligations
- Businesses modernizing legacy backup and DR tooling
Recovery Process
How we design and validate continuity
Practical planning with technical validation and accountability.
Assess critical workflows
We identify systems and processes that drive revenue, service delivery, compliance, and customer commitments.
Define targets and architecture
We set RTO/RPO goals, evaluate existing backups, and design an achievable recovery architecture aligned to budget and risk tolerance.
Implement and document
We implement prioritized improvements, publish runbooks, and align responsibilities across IT, leadership, and vendor stakeholders.
Test and improve
We execute restore tests and continuity exercises, then update playbooks based on real results and operational changes.
Example deliverable set
- Business continuity risk register
- Recovery dependency map and sequencing guide
- Backup verification report with remediation actions
- Incident communication template and owner list
- Quarterly continuity review checklist
Need linked security hardening? Pair with Cybersecurity. Need identity and cloud alignment? See Cloud Services.
FAQ
Business continuity and disaster recovery FAQ
Answers to common BCDR planning questions.
What is the difference between backup and disaster recovery?
Backup is data protection. Disaster recovery is the full process of restoring systems, applications, and operations to a defined recovery target after disruption.
What are RTO and RPO?
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is how quickly systems must be restored. RPO (Recovery Point Objective) is how much data loss is acceptable between backups.
Do you run backup restore tests?
Yes. We include restore validation and recovery exercises so plans are tested, not just documented.
Can this service support ransomware readiness?
Yes. Business continuity planning includes immutable backup strategy, recovery workflows, and incident escalation planning that improve ransomware resilience.
How often should recovery plans be reviewed?
At minimum quarterly, and whenever major infrastructure, application, staffing, or compliance changes occur.
Can you integrate continuity planning with cloud and cybersecurity programs?
Yes. Continuity works best when aligned with cloud governance, identity security, endpoint protection, and incident response procedures.
Need confidence in your recovery posture?
We can review your current backup and recovery state and prioritize the highest-impact fixes.