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Risk planning is already a critical part of every business's strategy, but the past few years have cemented its importance in business continuity. Recognizing the impact of the pandemic on businesses, Escrow Europe Director, Guy Krige, emphasized that businesses should not wait for events to trigger a disaster before investing in a software escrow. Krige pointed out that risks are inevitable, but they can be managed through source code escrows that protect mission-critical software programs in the unpredictable landscape of business.
While no one wants to experience disasters, businesses can safeguard their stability by arranging a software escrow agreement. To illustrate, here’s why escrows should be a part of your disaster recovery plan:
Businesses have been hard-hit by the pandemic, but the event has taught us all an important lesson about investing in operational resilience. While businesses may not be able to predict future disasters, they can ensure that they will be able to bounce back and maintain their commercial status by establishing a proper disaster recovery plan.
In fact, even government bodies are urging businesses to establish their operational resilience, since disasters can cause crises in important sectors. To illustrate, Chris Hansen of Adoptech shared that the financial services sector was heavily hit when cloud computing service Fastly caused an Internet outage that locked millions of customers out of their accounts. PayPal was just one of the institutions that was affected by the internet outage, causing an alarming financial crisis among users. When developers fail to fulfill certain obligations like these, Hansen pointed out that businesses will not be able to access their source code and critical documentation without an escrow arrangement.
Technology escrow arrangements are critical in mitigating risks, since these arrangements require developers to provide the software source code, IP, and documentation to trusted and independent escrow agents. In case the developer fails to support the product as pre-defined in the escrow agreement, the escrow company can pass the classified programs and documents to the business so that they can maintain the technology.
Through an escrow arrangement, your organization’s database administrator can secure and back up crucial company information so that your business can keep the systems up and running. Database administrators are experts in managing large quantities of data, so they can organize the documentation from escrow companies and adapt database structures to address the company’s present concerns. This ensures that businesses will be able to control and manage their source code whenever the developers fail to abide by the agreement.
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