By Matt VanVoorhis

As every industry continues to evolve digitally, business operations are increasingly more reliant on technology. With this shift comes exposure to disaster than can severely impair your operations.  In this new landscape there is a critical need for business leaders and CXO’s to understand the implications of their IT decisions, but few are armed with the acumen to navigate this landscape successfully. That’s okay — there are partners out there to help you do just that.

To arm you to manage the basics in conversation and begin taking an informed approach, here is a quick cheat sheet on 5 Key Terms in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.

Business Continuity Plan – The big kahuna of all your backup, and disaster recovery plans.  This document (and it should be written in a formal document), outlines how your business will keep critical systems running in the event of certain…