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title: Continuity
slug: en/continuity
description: Learn how Continuity Management is essential in recovering IT services after disasters, including fire, flood, terrorism, blackouts, and more. Understand the scope of what constitutes a disaster and how it varies across organizations. Discover how Continu
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createdAt: 2021-10-27T20:11:10.000Z
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## Presentation

The <font color="#3b9f0f">**Continuity Management**</font> focuses on the **recovery of IT services and its
&#x20;components before an event of a disaster**.

The following are some examples of disaster: **Fire, Flood, Terrorism, Blackouts, System outage, Vandalism, Storm**.

The definition of what can be a disaster varies in organizations according to the business impact.

The <font color="#3b9f0f">**Continuity Management**</font> purpose is to **support the business continuity process,
&#x20;manage the risks** that can seriously affect the IT services, and **ensure the
&#x20;provision of these minimum services**, according to the service level.