R22 — Business Continuity Failure

Q: How do security teams mitigate Business Continuity Failure?

In CISO Game, Business Continuity Failure is reduced by Recovery (50%), Response (30%), Prevention (20%) subscores. Real-world programs use the same control families, with category investments such as Cloud-based backup, Immutable backup + DR runbook, Hire IR Specialist.

Q: Why does Business Continuity Failure matter to a CISO?

Severity 8 (Major). Business continuity failure goes beyond IT — it covers payroll continuity, supplier-payment runbooks, customer-communication protocols. CISO programs increasingly own the technical components (DR sites, immutable backups, tabletop scenarios) but the broader BC plan often sits in a different function entirely. The integration is what real-world incidents always test.

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R22 Resilience Severity 8 · Major

Recovery + response + segmentation. Catastrophic outcome of multiple risks landing at once.

What is Business Continuity Failure?

Recovery + response + segmentation. Catastrophic outcome of multiple risks landing at once. CISO Game tracks this as R22 in the live risk register, severity 8 (Major), category Resilience.

How does CISO Game model Business Continuity Failure?

Exposure for R22 runs from 0 to 100, recomputed live as you buy, cancel, or reassign products. How the exposure model works →

Real-world parallel

Business continuity failure goes beyond IT — it covers payroll continuity, supplier-payment runbooks, customer-communication protocols. CISO programs increasingly own the technical components (DR sites, immutable backups, tabletop scenarios) but the broader BC plan often sits in a different function entirely. The integration is what real-world incidents always test.

How do security teams mitigate Business Continuity Failure?

The dominant subscore levers for this risk are:

Recovery subscore — weight 50%
Response subscore — weight 30%
Prevention subscore — weight 20%

Which investments mitigate Business Continuity Failure?

Products in CISO Game that reduce exposure to R22:

Which related risks should you also watch?

Risks with similar dominant subscores or shared category — addressing one often helps the others:

Why does Business Continuity Failure matter to a CISO?

Resilience risk is the gap between detecting an incident and being operational again. Business Continuity Failure only matters when the program has already failed at prevention — but when it matters, it's everything.

How can you test your mitigation strategy?

Click Play CISO Game free to see R22 appear live in your risk register and watch each purchase move the exposure number in real time. No signup required.

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