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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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Why the Business Continuity Plan Must Be a Living Document

Diligent

Cover all the aspects of your operations that might be impacted by an outage or disaster, including: Power supply. Alternative sites. Personnel issues – absence or inability to get to any alternative location. Define responsible teams for each element of the plan. Telephone and internet connectivity. IT and other systems.

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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. manufacturing facilities). Vital records management – development of a data and paper records protection strategy.

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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).