Disaster Recovery (page 2 of 2)

Once you have determined the impact of an incident on a business function, you can determine the recommended recovery timeframe for the function.

The main areas of assessment should be:
• The review of business expectations and service levels

• The review of existing business continuity measures

• Conducting a vulnerability study of existing infrastructure

• Reviewing operational policies and procedures

• Assessing recovery capabilities

• Examining options for reducing risk exposure


Critical applications can be identified in a number of ways:
• List all functions performed

• Interview business functional managers

• Conducting surveys with employees

• Using a questionnaire with the functional managers

Once the critical and necessary business functions have been identified, the next step is to establish the resources that are required to continue to perform those functions. Ensuring that you have the correct level of support for these technologies is imperative as well as ensuring that the solution you deploy is implemented and managed effectively.

A disaster recovery plan is now a business necessity. Whether your company is large or small, your data needs to be protected and accessible - even when your data centre is down.