business-continuity
Safeguard articles tagged "business-continuity" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
11 articles
Disaster recovery testing: a practical guide to tabletop, failover, and RTO/RPO drills
GitLab's 2017 outage revealed 5 backup mechanisms had silently failed for weeks — recovery took 18 hours because no one had ever test-restored one.
Disaster recovery testing methodologies compared
DR plans fail when they're never really tested. Here's how tabletop, simulation, parallel, and full interruption tests differ — and when each is worth the risk.
How to build a disaster recovery and backup strategy
A step-by-step guide to building a disaster recovery backup strategy: RTO/RPO planning, backup architecture, automation, a DR plan checklist, and testing.
Software Escrow and Supply Chain Continuity Planning
Most escrow deposits are write-only: nobody ever verifies they build. What escrow actually covers, when to pay for verification, and what continuity means for SaaS and OSS.
Disaster Recovery for Supply Chain Security Incidents
When a critical dependency is compromised, your disaster recovery plan determines whether you recover in hours or weeks. Most DR plans do not cover this scenario.
Incident Response Tabletop Exercises: A Practical Guide for Supply Chain Scenarios
Your incident response plan is untested until people have walked through it under pressure. Here is how to design and run tabletop exercises that actually prepare your team for supply chain compromises.
Software Escrow and Supply Chain Continuity Planning
What happens when a critical vendor disappears? Software escrow arrangements protect your business continuity, but most organizations get the implementation wrong.
Vendor Concentration Risk in Software: When One Vendor Failure Breaks Everything
Depending on too few vendors creates systemic risk. The CrowdStrike outage proved it. Here is how to assess and manage vendor concentration in your software stack.
Business Continuity Planning for Supply Chain Attacks
When a critical dependency is compromised or disappears, can your business keep running? Most organizations haven't answered this question honestly.
Software Escrow Agreements: Security Implications You Should Negotiate
Software escrow protects you if a vendor goes under. But the security details in the agreement determine whether the escrow is actually usable.
Software Escrow Agreements: The Security Layer Most Companies Forget
Software escrow agreements protect your organization when a critical vendor goes dark. Here is how to structure them with security in mind.