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As the world begins to reopen and we move on from the COVID 19 pandemic towards a “new normal” how has your approach to business continuity changed?

As part of our continued commitment to providing the highest levels of information security standards available in the UK Software Escrow industry, SES has achieved recertification of ISO: 9001 and ISO: 27001.

As we move on from the COVID-19 pandemic and return to the “new normal”. Darragh Lavin of SES explores how business continuity plans and the need to protect software assets has changed.

Investing in critical applications is an exciting time for businesses, thinking about how they will streamline operations, help us generate more revenue and free up our time to focus on higher-value tasks.

Have you considered who would redeploy your software application in the event of a release? This often overlooked aspect of software resilience is one of the most important to consider. In the unfortunate event your supplier is no longer available to support your application and the Software Escrow agreement is called upon

Have you set out your business continuity plan to protect your organisation against unforeseen circumstances? The majority of businesses rely on 3rd party developed applications to perform business critical functions within their organisation. Whilst using these external suppliers provides major benefits to your organisation

What steps do you take to maximise your business continuity against unforeseen circumstances? This short series explores the protections SES has developed to provide our customers with guaranteed business continuity in the event your software supplier is unable to support your business critical applications.

Having a disaster recovery plan to protect against unforeseen circumstances is essential to getting your business back online should the worst happen. With that in mind, how do you test that the recovery plans you have invested in are robust enough to guarantee that your critical applications can be swiftly and accurately redeployed in the event of a release?

Choosing the correct Software Escrow protection to fit your business can be a challenging task. With so many options out there, how do choose the protection which fits your needs?

Advancements in technology are creating a huge shift in the way we as end users are incorporating critical applications into our organisations. Locally installed on-premise applications which require huge financial and time outlays to purchase and integrate are being replaced with SaaS applications delivered through a third party hosting partner. 

European Cloud Computing giant OVH have announced last week that a major fire has destroyed one of its Strasbourg data centres and damaged another. The disaster is estimated to have brought more than 3.5 million websites offline. 

As we begin 2021 it is important to reflect on 2020 and the challenges we faced, preparing us for what lies ahead as we get back to what many describe as “the new normal”.