Continuity EastAfrica – a subsidiary of Internet Solutions Kenya – has launched operations in ICT resilience, enterprise risk management and business continuity management (BCM) advisory services targeting public and private businesses in East Africa.
“Calamities have devastated businesses. BCM is a framework for identifying an organization’s risk of exposure to these threats and their impact on the business in order that appropriate recovery and risk mitigation strategies can be developed,” said Pete Frielinghaus, Continuity East Africa CEO.
Continuity East Africa will help businesses establish processes beyond the conventional Disaster Recovery Plans by determining vulnerable areas and potential losses in the event of a disaster. The recovery site off Thika Highway was chosen for a number of reasons, among them geographical location and ease of from the CBD but far away enough to ensure that when an incident affects the city, the operations are intact, enabling recovery within acceptable timeframes or Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). The site has a Work Area Recovery facility with a sitting capacity of 104, a Data Centre for all technical failover, a command center, meeting rooms, cafeteria and ample secure parking.
“We shall help businesses develop business continuity plans (BCP) that ensure they keep running during and following a disruption. The plans will cover a host of variables such as failing over to a recovery site, people and resource resilience, data back up and process continuity in order to reduce the impact of the incident and help businesses resume their normal services within the shortest time possible,” he said.
Internet Solutions Managing Director Richard Hechle, pointed out the importance of continuity planning, especially in an age where employees and their devices have now become elements of compromise to a business. ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru reiterated the government’s support of the BCM concept, citing past disruptions that have paralyzed operations for government entities and therefore service delivery to citizens.
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