Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Pack – a practical, CEO-ready blueprint for outages and serious incidents.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity • Plain-English • SMB-Focused

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Pack

If a critical system fails or you’re hit with a major incident, who does what, in what order – and how quickly can you really recover? This pack turns your current reality into a clear, practical DR/BC blueprint that leadership can actually use.

Typical investment: from $2,950 USD based on environment scope.

What this gives you (in CEO language)
  • A simple view of what matters most when things go wrong.
  • Realistic RPO/RTO targets – not vendor fantasy.
  • A step-by-step runbook your team can actually follow.
  • Clarity on manual workarounds if systems are offline.

You keep your existing IT team and providers. We help you align them around a business-first recovery plan.

What’s included in the DR & Business Continuity Pack

This is a focused, time-boxed engagement to establish a DR/BC blueprint that fits your size, risk and budget. It is not a giant binder nobody reads – it’s something your leadership team can actually use.

  • Discovery sessions with leadership and IT to map critical systems, dependencies and constraints.
  • Clarification of RPO/RTO targets – what “acceptable loss” and “acceptable downtime” really mean per system.
  • A concise DR/BC blueprint covering people, process and technology – not just backups.
  • Definition of manual workarounds if key systems are offline for hours or days.
  • A simple communication plan – who needs to know what, and when.
  • Prioritized recommendations to close the most important gaps first.

Output is delivered in plain-English documents and visuals, suitable for internal use and board/lender conversations.

Typical scope & investment

For a typical SMB environment (5–500 staff) with a moderate number of core systems:

  • Remote discovery and document review
  • 1–2 working sessions with leadership + IT
  • Draft DR/BC blueprint and feedback loop
  • Final pack + 90-day action outline

From $2,950 USD for smaller environments; larger or more complex operations are scoped individually.

Travel (if required) is capped and agreed in advance. Many clients choose to run this engagement fully virtual.

How the DR & Business Continuity Pack works

1

Scoping & intake

We confirm scope, size and key systems. You share basic diagrams, vendor lists and any existing DR/BC material (if it exists).

2

Working sessions

We run facilitated sessions with leadership and IT to map dependencies, constraints, manual workarounds and realistic recovery targets.

3

Blueprint & next steps

You receive a clear DR/BC blueprint, a 90-day improvement plan, and simple talking points for boards, lenders and key partners.

Is this DR/BC Pack a good fit?

Good fit if:

  • IT downtime or data loss would materially hurt revenue, operations or reputation.
  • You have some backups in place, but no clear business-level recovery plan.
  • Boards, lenders or insurers are asking about resilience and “reasonable steps”.
  • You want something practical and right-sized – not a 200-page policy nobody uses.

Probably not a fit if:

  • You are looking for a pure technical backup solution or product quote only.
  • You already have a tested, executive-level DR/BC plan you trust.

Common questions

Do you test the full failover?

For many SMBs, we start with a planning and blueprint exercise. If you want a deeper technical failover test, we can scope that as a separate engagement once the plan is in place.

Will this work with our existing MSP or IT team?

Yes. We are vendor-neutral and will work alongside your MSP or internal IT team. They remain responsible for technical implementation; we ensure the business requirements are clear.

Can this tie into a ransomware/incident tabletop?

Absolutely. Many CEOs combine the DR/BC Pack with an Incident / Ransomware Tabletop exercise to walk leadership through the plan in a realistic scenario.

Turn “we’ll figure it out” into a usable DR & continuity plan.

We’ll help you define what “good enough” looks like for your size – and give your leadership team a clear path to follow when it matters most.

Prefer an ongoing relationship rather than a one-time pack? Explore the Executive IT Strategy Club or browse other Executive IT Engagements.