Category: Disaster Recovery Implementation

Documentation, of any sort, can be a pain to do, but essential. This is especially true in IT where change is constant. That is the nature of technology, isn’t it? Because your business is highly dependent on IT services, fast recovery of those services are vital and rely on clear concise instructions to do so.…

Responsible for managing the development of a DR plan, a Disaster Recovery Coordinator (DRC) plays a critical role within an organization as they facilitate the ability to handle a disaster situation.

A single employee cannot access her email, and while this small incident seems of little significance, it could be just the tip of the iceberg, foreshadowing an impending disaster. The ability to mitigate the effect of a large-scale catastrophe requires that a business be aware of the indicators before the full impact is felt. The type of indicators…

The ability to carry out a successful Disaster Recovery Plan depends on how well an organization manages a particular problem. Incident management is the front-end “canary in the coalmine”; it detects if something has the potential to turn a minor threat into a full-blown disaster.

Mitigating the effect of a disaster is all about communication, and not just once a problem has occurred. From monitoring, to diagnosing problems, to declaring disasters, the quicker and more thoroughly communication happens, the more likely a crisis can be prevented or swiftly dealt with, reducing the negative effects on the organization.