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The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

In today’s post we’ll look at why organizations still need to be adept at IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) and describe the four phases of restoring IT services after an outage. Phase 1: Preparation Technically, preparation is not a phase of disaster recovery since it happens before the outage. Estimate how long the outage will last.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Work area requirements – the ability to deliver services from an alternative location, or remotely, when business facilities are not available. Decision points are to build, lease or procure an additional site. A quick ti p : Don't forget to plan how to notify third-party vendors, clients or consultants when on-premise.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

alternate site and technology requirements (ability to work remotely). Work area requirements – the ability to deliver services from an alternative location, or remotely, when business facilities are not available. Decision points are to build, lease or procure an additional site. manufacturing facilities).