Having a backup strategy in place is a fundamental part of business continuity planning. The backup strategy ensures that critical business information is recoverable if lost. Vital records are defined as any information, systems data, configurations or equipment requirements necessary to restore normal operations. It is important to develop a business continuity plan to assist in ensuring that critical systems and data functions can be maintained when the system is operating under constraint, for example, when bandwidth is limited. Developing and documenting a disaster recovery plan will reduce the time between a disaster occurring and critical functions of systems being restored. 41