# How can the company keep running during a cyber attack?

By deciding in advance what must keep working, and how to run it without the systems that may be down. A business continuity plan lists the critical activities (taking orders, paying staff, shipping goods), the systems each depends on, and a manual or alternative way to run each one for a few days. It includes contact lists on paper, a way to communicate if e-mail is gone, and the order in which systems are restored. Backups must be kept where an attacker who controls the network cannot delete them, and restores must be tested. Practise the plan once a year. NIS2 lists business continuity, backup management and crisis management among the required measures. NetSenX does not restore systems; it can give earlier warning so the plan is started sooner.

General information, not legal advice. National laws can add to the EU texts quoted here, for example deadlines, forms or reporting channels: check your own country's rules.

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## Read next

- https://netsenx.com/en/problems-we-solve
- https://netsenx.com/en/blog/2026-10-09_cybersecurity-for-the-board
- https://netsenx.com/en/pricing

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