Mission Critical

Definitions

Emergency is described as a sudden or unexpected occurrence or combination of occurrences that may cause injury, loss of life, destruction of property or cause the interference, loss or disruption of a unit’s normal business operations to such an extent that it poses a threat to the campus community. An emergency is something that may overwhelm the University’s ability to resolve the situation.

Disaster is a sudden, unplanned event with a significant scope of impact involving many people if not an entire community and is based on the scope of the event, number of lives impacted, and the devastation of property; 1) the disruption of critical business activities for some predetermined period of time. 2) The period when university management decides to divert from normal schedules and exercises its disaster recovery plan signified by the beginning of moving from primary to alternate processing.

Critical is defined as functions or services offered that could not be interrupted or unavailable for several business days without significantly jeopardizing the university’s ability to serve its students and the communities of North Carolina.