Top Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Consulting Firms For 2027

Last updated: November 14, 2026

The top business continuity and disaster recovery consulting firms for 2027 are Castellan Solutions, MHA Consulting, Agility Recovery, Bryghtpath and 11:11 Systems. Castellan is the broadest specialist, with consulting, software and staffing under one roof; MHA Consulting is the most experienced independent boutique; and 11:11 Systems is the pick when you need the actual recovery infrastructure, not just the plan.

Two outages in the same week made the case for this list. On November 12, 2026, Microsoft 365 went down for well over a day after Exchange Online servers failed health checks. On November 13, the FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop after a communications failure hit its air traffic control centers, and thousands of flights were cancelled. Neither was a cyberattack. Both were ordinary system failures that rippled into every business that depended on them.

A continuity consultant helps you answer the questions those days raised: which processes stop when a vendor fails, how long you can survive without them, and what you will do instead. The firms below range from planning specialists to providers that run your recovery environment.

Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Consulting Firms At A Glance

Company	Headquarters	Founded	Best For	Engagement Model
Castellan Solutions	Audubon, PA	2020 (Avalution roots to 2005)	End-to-end BCM programs	Consulting, software, managed program, staffing
MHA Consulting	Glendale, AZ	1999	Independent, hands-on program builds	Project and retainer consulting
Agility Recovery	Denver, CO	1989	Small and mid-size businesses needing recovery resources	Subscription (ReadySuite)
Bryghtpath	Saint Paul, MN	2014	Crisis management and exercises	Advisory, managed services, exercises
11:11 Systems	Fairfield, NJ	2020	DRaaS and managed recovery	DRaaS and BaaS subscriptions
Fusion Risk Management	Chicago, IL	2006	Enterprises standardizing on a BCM platform	Software plus advisory services
Kyndryl	New York, NY	2021	Large enterprises with complex estates	Enterprise managed services
Deloitte	London, UK	1845	Board-level resilience programs	Enterprise consulting
Flexential	Charlotte, NC	2017	Data center based DR for mid-market	DRaaS, colocation, consulting
Rackspace Technology	San Antonio, TX	1998	Multicloud recovery on AWS and Azure	Managed cloud services

Best Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Consulting Firms In 2027

1. Castellan Solutions — Consulting, Software And Staffing Under One Roof

Castellan was formed by combining Avalution Consulting, Assurance Software and ClearView Continuity, and it has been part of Riskonnect since 2022. That history gives it rare breadth: business impact analysis and plan development, a continuity software platform, fully managed programs and even a search firm for continuity professionals.

It suits mid-size and large organizations that want one partner to build the program, run the tooling and help staff it. Smaller companies may find a boutique more economical for a one-off plan.

2. MHA Consulting — Independent Boutique With A Century Of Combined Experience

MHA Consulting has focused purely on business continuity and IT disaster recovery since 1999 and says its team brings more than a century of combined experience. It also created BCMMetrics, a self-assessment platform that scores program maturity against recognized standards.

MHA works with public and private organizations worldwide and is known for practical, plain-language plans that staff actually use. It is a strong choice for organizations that want senior consultants rather than a junior team led by a partner.

3. Agility Recovery — Turnkey Recovery Resources For Smaller Organizations

Agility Recovery has helped businesses recover from disasters for more than three decades. Its ReadySuite subscription pairs planning tools and expert support with the physical side of recovery: power, workspace, connectivity and equipment delivered when your office cannot be used.

That combination is unusual and makes Agility a practical fit for credit unions, municipalities, nonprofits and mid-size businesses that cannot justify their own secondary site.

4. Bryghtpath — Crisis Management And Exercise Specialists

Bryghtpath is a strategic advisory firm focused on crisis management, business continuity and crisis communications, founded in 2014 by Bryan Strawser, who brings more than 25 years of continuity and crisis experience. It offers business continuity as a managed service as well as one-off planning work.

Its exercise programs are a standout. After this week, many leadership teams will want to rehearse a “core vendor is down for a day” scenario, and Bryghtpath designs exactly that kind of tabletop.

5. 11:11 Systems — The Recovery Infrastructure, Not Just The Plan

11:11 Systems acquired the recovery services business of Sungard Availability Services in 2022, along with iland and other cloud providers, and now runs disaster recovery as a service, backup as a service, managed recovery and cloud infrastructure for enterprises.

Choose it when the gap is execution rather than paperwork: it can host failover environments for Veeam and Zerto, run recovery tests and help you meet recovery time objectives you have already set.

6. Fusion Risk Management — Leading Continuity Platform With An Advisory Arm

Fusion is best known for its Fusion Framework platform for business continuity, operational resilience and IT disaster recovery, and it has been named a leader in business continuity management software by Gartner. Its advisory team helps clients design programs on top of the platform.

It is the natural pick for large financial institutions and enterprises that need operational resilience reporting for regulators, with consulting that is tightly tied to the software.

7. Kyndryl — IBM’s Former Resiliency Business At Global Scale

Kyndryl was spun out of IBM in 2021 and took IBM’s infrastructure and resiliency services with it. It offers cyber resilience, disaster recovery orchestration and managed recovery across mainframe, hybrid cloud and data center environments.

For the largest organizations, especially those still running critical workloads on mainframes, few providers match its depth. Smaller companies will not be its focus.

8. Deloitte — Board-Level Resilience Strategy From The Big Four

Deloitte’s risk advisory practice covers operational resilience, crisis management and continuity programs for large organizations, often connected to regulatory reviews and board reporting.

It makes sense when resilience is a strategic and regulatory issue that needs to reach the board, for example in banking, insurance or critical infrastructure. Expect Big Four pricing.

9. Flexential — Data Center Footprint For Mid-Market Recovery

Flexential was formed in 2017 from the merger of Peak 10 and ViaWest and runs data centers across the US. It offers disaster recovery as a service, colocation-based recovery and professional services to design and test DR plans.

It suits mid-market companies that want recovery infrastructure in specific US regions, with consultants who can design around their own facilities.

10. Rackspace Technology — Managed Multicloud Recovery Across AWS And Azure

Rackspace manages workloads across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and private clouds and offers disaster recovery design and managed recovery as part of that work. It is often the partner that makes “fail over to another cloud” practical.

After a week in which a single provider’s failure stopped businesses cold, its multicloud expertise is directly relevant. Rackspace is best for organizations already running significant cloud workloads.

How We Evaluated

We assessed each firm on its depth in business impact analysis, plan development and testing; whether it can provide or run recovery infrastructure; industry and regulatory experience; size of engagements it typically takes on; and how clearly it publishes its approach and history. Information comes from company sites, industry directories such as the Disaster Recovery Journal and recent news. Rankings are editorial. See our research and ranking method.

How To Choose A Business Continuity Consultant

Do you need a plan, infrastructure or both?

Planning specialists like MHA Consulting, Bryghtpath and Castellan build the program. Providers like 11:11 Systems, Flexential and Rackspace run the recovery environment. Many organizations need one of each.

Will they cover third-party and SaaS outages?

Older continuity plans focus on fires and floods. Ask how the consultant handles the failure of a vendor you do not control, such as Microsoft 365 or an airline grounding. If they do not have a clear answer, keep looking.

Do they run realistic exercises?

A plan that has never been tested is a hypothesis. Ask for examples of tabletop and live failover exercises they have run and how findings were fed back into the plan.

Do they know your regulators?

Banks, healthcare providers and public agencies face specific continuity expectations. Choose a firm that has worked through those reviews before.

Who will actually do the work?

Ask to meet the consultants who will lead your project. In this field, experience is the product.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a business continuity consultant do?

A business continuity consultant identifies your critical processes and dependencies through a business impact analysis, designs strategies to keep them running during disruptions, writes the plans, trains staff and runs exercises to test them.

What is the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?

Business continuity covers keeping the whole organization running during a disruption, including people, processes and suppliers. Disaster recovery is the IT part: restoring systems, applications and data within set recovery time and recovery point objectives.

How much does business continuity consulting cost?

Small business plans can start at a few thousand dollars, while enterprise programs with software, testing and managed services can run well into six figures a year. Most firms quote per project or on retainer.

Should our continuity plan cover cloud outages like the Microsoft 365 failure?

Yes. The November 2026 Microsoft 365 outage showed that a single SaaS provider can stop email and collaboration for more than a day. Plans should include communication fallbacks, email continuity and independent backups.

Conclusion

Castellan is the broadest specialist, MHA Consulting is the most experienced boutique, Bryghtpath is the exercise and crisis expert, and 11:11 Systems is the choice when you need recovery infrastructure behind the plan. Use this week as the scenario for your next exercise.

For the tools that sit inside a continuity plan, see our lists of Microsoft 365 backup solutions, email continuity services and status page tools, our list of incident response companies, and the Cybersecurity And IT Services hub.