Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organisation after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery planning is a subset of a larger process known as business continuity planning and should include planning for resumption of applications, data, hardware, communications (such as networking) and other IT infrastructure. A business continuity plan (BCP) includes planning for non-IT related aspects such as key personnel, facilities, crisis communication and reputation protection, and should refer to the disaster recovery plan (DRP) for IT related infrastructure recovery/continuity
Benefits
- Reduces the need for decision making if disaster happens
- Confidence that the business can continue after a disaster
- Awareness of assets that can be insured against disaster
- Minimised business downtime and business interruption
