“Threat agent” is a term used to describe the root causes or origins of potential danger for a company. Natural disasters, compromises to a data centre power supply, and human actions causing inaccessibility to buildings are all threat agents that can lead to disaster. When undergoing the Assessment, the following umbrella categories of threat agents…
Category: Disaster Recovery Basics
Financing a DR Plan and Program: Who’s Budget Will It Be?
A disaster recovery plan is often sponsored by key company stakeholders. Contributors are typically drawn from the organization’s IT department where managers and supervisors have the expertise to author and execute the strategies outlined in the plan. Because the plan ideally covers everything that falls under the umbrella of IT operations, it is common for…
3 Key Roles that are Critical to a DR Plan
An organization’s Disaster Recovery plan is dependent on clearly defined roles. Well-defined roles help to ensure that everyone knows what to do when catastrophe strikes.
Putting in the Time Now Might Save Months in Disaster Recovery Later
Both Disaster Recovery (DR) plans and programs help organizations prepare for disaster, but do so in different ways. While the plan is the basis for how a crisis is to be coped with, the program keeps the plan alive and makes sure that it will be effective when put into practice. The DR Plan A…
Disaster Recovery – Who is Really in Charge?
Disaster recovery planning is nothing short of expensive, and understanding who might control that funding formula is an absolute must. Who should really be handling an investment of this significance?