Business continuity and disaster recovery

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Simply put, if your business relies on information technology, you need a disaster recovery plan in place to keep it going when the unforeseen happens. A sound disaster recovery plan includes a backup for your critical databases and a data replication solution that will allow you to get your business up and running as soon as possible after a man-made or natural disaster. Why is it so important for you to put a disaster recovery plan at the top of your already-full list of priorities? Here…

infrastructure, written policies and procedures on downtimes and recovery processes ensure continuity of operations, and the user interface of the locally maintained backup, read-only system is clearly differentiated from the live/production system (Ash, 2014). A comprehensive testing and monitoring strategy should be in place to prevent and manage downtime events. It’s also important that the staff are trained and tested on downtime and recovery…

organizations must plan on how to recover business operations as well as the foundational IT systems and the data required to treat patients (e.g. electronic personal health information (ePHI)). Continuity, Contingency and Disaster Recovery planning are often used interchangeably when discussing recovery planning. They are critical components of emergency management and organizational resilience, but each type of planning has a very specific focus. Continuity planning exists to recover your…

contingency plan is implemented to address the continuity of operations (COOP) in the event that an occurrence disrupts the organizations ability to operate. Contingency planning is split into three sections; incident response, disaster response and business continuity. Procedures for an incident response plan (IRP) include recording the event and escalating incidents to senior management. A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is implemented during a disaster in order for an organization to resume…

This policy was designed to establish and implement a proper Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity plan (BCP) for the State Department. The State Department is a target for potential disaster events that can hinder its business operations. By creating and implementing a DR/BCP the state department will be in a better position to stay resilient through events like natural and environmental disasters, terrorist attacks, war, and general state of emergencies long or short term. Objective…

estimating what liability of a risk can be exploited and what impact it might pose. Risk analysis tries to minimize risk exposure to external attacks, accidental misuse, or malicious insiders. It also allows a company to evaluate weak links within the business and their adverse impact. Failure to conduct risk analysis could result in security…

general public. Information Security Specialists was a silo a decade ago. Now it’s more an area of the business that has a voice in every aspects of the organization. It’s everybody responsibility. “The security leader has a responsibility to educate the senior executive on what “accepting the risk” means. This requires the security leader to translate the risk into nontechnical, business terms, which communicate that the security area is not acting as a…

Analysis is also made into the changes made after the crash; how the crash could have been avoided and how an event like this can be avoided in future. The Hatfield rail crash was a significant disaster in British rail history. When an express train travelling from Kings Cross Station to Leeds caused a rail to break, the train derailed. This event lead to a major refurb of the British rail network and caused numerous disruptions across the British…

What is contingency planning and business continuity and why does the organization need it? Contingency planning and business continuity is the organization attempting to take control of an uncontrollable and unexpected situation. It is building and improving the organizations ability to respond and restore the organization functions and services when an event occurs. It will aid the organization in determining critical functions and services along with all the dependencies that support those…