A Dependency Risk Overview for Technology Leaders
In most organisations, the people who know how recovery actually works can be counted on one hand. They know which systems come back first. They know the undocumented steps that never made it into any runbook. They know what to do when the documented process breaks down.
That knowledge is an asset. It is also a single point of failure – and it is one of the least discussed risks in recovery planning.
This executive overview covers four dependency risks that most recovery plans do not account for. Start by asking yourself these questions:
- If the person who owns your recovery process were unreachable today, what would actually happen?
- How much of your recovery capability exists in documentation versus in someone's head?
- What does a team change leave behind in your recovery environment?
- If leadership asked who is accountable for recovery right now, what would the answer be?
If any of these questions gave you pause, this overview is worth two minutes of your time.
