Episode 18 — Build Business Continuity Planning That Reflects Real Business Dependencies
This episode teaches business continuity planning as a practical map of what must keep working during disruption, focusing on dependencies and priorities that are commonly evaluated on the certification exam through governance and operational resilience questions. You will learn how to define critical business processes in business language, identify dependencies across people, vendors, applications, infrastructure, and facilities, and locate single points of failure that can quietly invalidate a continuity plan. We discuss how to align continuity priorities with safety, revenue, legal obligations, and customer trust, and how to document realistic workarounds that teams can execute under stress. Troubleshooting considerations include plans that are too broad to be actionable, assumptions that are never validated, and continuity steps that fail because owners were never trained. A scenario-based walkthrough shows how a seemingly small outage, such as a payroll or identity system disruption, can cascade through operations, and how a dependency-focused plan reduces that cascade. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
