Disaster Recovery Plan
Your DR plan is essential to keep your data safe in the event of an emergency, whether it’s a natural disaster like a tornado or flood, or a more mundane event such as a power failure. Small- to medium-sized businesses often have less manpower and less technical expertise than larger enterprises, which often makes executing a DR strategy more difficult.
An information technology disaster recovery plan (IT DRP) should be developed in conjunction with the business continuity plan. Priorities and recovery time objectives for information technology should be developed during the business impact analysis. Technology recovery strategies should be developed to restore hardware, applications and data in time to meet the needs of the business recovery.
Businesses large and small create and manage large volumes of electronic information or data. Much of that data is important. Some data is vital to the survival and continued operation of the business. The impact of data loss or corruption from hardware failure, human error, hacking or malware could be significant. A plan for data backup and restoration of electronic information is essential.