When the plan is updated, the team and the business recovery coordinator must be informed of changes. Copies are distributed to team personnel and a duplicate copy is secured off-site. Each copy should be secured and labeled “Confidential” due to personal information within the plan, e.g. emergency medical information and home telephone, pager, cellular telephone, and social security numbers.

Establish a tentative date for the next exercise. The test cycle ensures that a full year does not elapse between exercises. Here the objectives, as identified previously, should increase dependent on the criticalness of the business resumption plan. A plan not exercised within one year becomes obsolete, resulting in a waste of the previous efforts dedicated to the creation and success of the recovery plan.