In today’s volatile cybersecurity climate, businesses seem to be fighting a losing battle when it comes to defending against cyberattack. Organizations of all sizes are vulnerable to threats, incidents, and social engineering techniques—and when they don’t have the right defense systems in place, those threats and incidents often become a full-blown catastrophic data breach.

When it comes to disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity capabilities, a business’s cyber resilience can mean the difference between staying up-and-running and being completely shut down during a disaster. A comprehensive disaster response as-a-service strategy (DRaaS) is a critical factor in your organization’s cyber resiliency. To maintain functionality and avoid extensive downtime during a natural, human, or hardware disaster, a disaster response plan will first identify which essential functions a business can live without—and for how long. Effective DRaaS planning will help your business outline how being without critical data will affect your customers, your revenue, and ultimately, your business’s future.