Business Continuity Against Cyber Interruptions
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Resilience and continuity management have wide societal impacts and are particularly important for criticalinfrastructure organizations. Organizations face constant risk of cyber incidents. Business continuity managementstrategies rely increasingly on networks of organizations. The research question of this study is: How to ensure businesscontinuity in case of cyber interruptions? Master’s students contributed the practical data collection of the sample, whichare 25 interviews of Finnish continuity professionals. This data collection was performed as part of their studies inContinuity management. All interviewees have consented to their answers being used as research data. The analysis isbased extracting data to the Data Extraction Table (DET) that was specifically designed, based on the research question ofthis study. The results show that it is important to create a continuity plan grounded on risk assessment and definedactions for possible disruptions. Secure and up-to-date infrastructures with good security measures are recommended.Backup in secure storage locations and backup systems for critical data help restore data. Also, developing methods tocontinue essential operations even if ICT systems are unavailable, is advisable. Regular staff training on cyber security,response protocols, identifying potential threats, and clear internal and external communication are needed when hit by acyber incident. Identifying critical operations and recognizing the most important processes will help prioritize during aninterruption, and alternative methods can help to continue essential operations when ICT systems are down. BCMprocesses offer frameworks that help build organizational resilience and can facilitate efficient responses whenencountering critical events.
Authors: Harri Ruoslahti, Eveliina Hytönen
Institution: Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408804889