Critical transactions
Identify transactions that become urgent quickly, such as payroll, supplier payments or customer billing.
Authority
Alternate approvers and banking access need governance before primary staff become unavailable.
Manual alternatives
Temporary processing methods should preserve appropriate records and controls.
Scenario length
A short service outage and a prolonged revenue interruption create very different financial continuity needs.
Business continuity is organization-specific. Recovery priorities, legal duties, safety requirements, contracts, insurance terms and technical recovery methods should be validated by the responsible people in the organization.