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Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Business Continuity
 18 May, 2012

Business Continuity Planning (Definition)

Assessment of risk to an organizations processes, and the creation of policies, plans, and procedures to minimize the impact of those risks.

See Also: Business Impact Analysis, Disaster Recovery Planning.

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