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Developing IT Disaster Recovery Plan: Documenting and operationalizing your strategy
In the last article, we discussed testing your IT Disaster Recovery strategy in detail. In addition, we discussed setting test objectives, selecting the testing method, and preparing and facilitating the testing.
In this article, we discuss documenting, presenting your strategy for approval, and operationalizing it.
Business Continuity Planning: Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are entirely different strategies despite their similarities. Business Continuity is to ensure that the business continues executing critical business processes. Disaster Recovery outlines the processes and procedures to restore vital technology to execute those business processes.
Developing IT Disaster Recovery Plan: Testing your Disaster Recovery Strategy
In this article, we discuss testing your strategy developed in the previous article. We recommend you test your DR organization structure and the management processes using a structured walkthrough and scenario-based tabletop exercise.
Developing IT Disaster Recovery Plan: Designing the recovery strategy
This article discusses the required information and the components that are part of your IT Disaster Recovery strategy.
Developing IT Disaster Recovery Plan: Conducting BIA and Risk Assessment
In the previous article, we discussed the need for documenting your organization’s IT disaster recovery plan. Then we discussed the preparation required to conduct the Business Impact Analysis (BIA). In this article, we will discuss the BIA and risk assessment.
Developing IT Disaster Recovery Plan: Introduction
93% of companies without Disaster Recovery who suffer a major data disaster are out of business within one year. Despite this statistic, the IT Disaster Recovery Plan is a crucial but often overlooked document in a business.
This article serves as an introduction to the process of documenting such a plan.