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The Best Disaster Recovery Practices for Organizations of All Sizes

Solutions Review

While the globe has greatly benefited from the software and systems that power work, we have also become more susceptible to the concomitant risks such as the disruption of critical processes outsourced to cloud service providers, breaches of sensitive personal and company data, and coordinated denial of service attacks.

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 3 minutes When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.” Some functions may have manual workarounds, but many tasks cannot be performed without the available IT systems.

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.” This type of response will set off a few red flags with the Business Continuity Planners, but many organizations do not understand why it is so problematic.

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Tips for Managing Third-Party Risk in Health Care

Reciprocity

Access Assessment evaluates who has access to which data, how they got access, what they’re doing with it, and if they should still have access. The questionnaire should include questions about the vendor’s data security practices, business recovery plans, and disaster recovery plans.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

List of IT applications - internally and externally hosted IT and business applications. Contact information (Organizational chart ) - A responsibility of the Talent Management (HR) department (internal contacts), IT department (outsourced applications contacts) and vendor management department.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

List of IT applications - internally and externally hosted IT and business applications. Contact information (Organizational chart ) - A responsibility of the Talent Management (HR) department (internal contacts), IT department (outsourced applications contacts) and vendor management department. A Business Continuity Plan.