These are as relevant today as they were then, which reflects the relative lack of maturity of this segment.

Myth number one regarding business continuity management (BCM) and disaster recovery (DR), says Gartner, is that one plan fits all.

“Think of business continuity and recovery scenarios as modules that fit into a broader business continuity plan. When an incident or crisis occurs, it is mapped to the appropriate business continuity scenario(s), which then dictates the appropriate recovery plan modules to be invoked,” the research company says.