# Operational Continuity **Domain:** Resilience / Business Continuity / Information Systems **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Operational continuity** is the capacity of a person or organization to preserve or restore essential functions through disruption, compromise or loss. ## Information Context Continuity depends on more than data availability. Identity, credentials, communications, payment systems, personnel, trusted records, domains and recovery authority may all be required for operations to continue. ## Continuity-Personhood Boundary Organizational operational continuity preserves essential functions. [[wiki/Continuity Service Obligation|Continuity Service Obligation]] addresses a different case: infrastructure whose operation may sustain a subject. [[wiki/Long-Term Digital Preservation|Long-Term Digital Preservation]] preserves information; [[wiki/Executable Preservation|Executable Preservation]] preserves the conditions for future operation; [[wiki/Continuity Service Tiers|Continuity Service Tiers]] prevents cold storage from being mistaken for active presence. ## See Also [[wiki/Disaster Recovery|Disaster Recovery]], [[wiki/Incident Response|Incident Response]], [[wiki/Information Estate|Information Estate]], [[wiki/Memory Continuity|Memory Continuity]]