Is your current Disaster Recovery Plan effective, up-to-date, and ready to go should the need arise?
Score your Disaster Recovery Plan using the template below to help determine how effective your current strategy, implementation, and maintenance are. Using the benchmark measurements in the template, along with the additional information we offer on the site, you will have the information you need and know the steps to take, to protect your business in the event of an unplanned disaster.
Strategy
| Score | Element | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| __/5 |
S1. Complete System List(signed‐off BIA, services, components) |
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| __/5 |
S2. Tiered Services(tier definitions / SLAs, criticality factors) |
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| __/5 |
S3. Recovery Strategy(interconnections, tech. alternatives, costs, speed of recovery) |
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| __/5 |
S4. Site Selection(threats, evaluation factors) |
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| __/5 |
S5. Approvals(budget, people allocation, pgm. def’n) |
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| __/30 |
Sub-‐total Strategy |
Implementation
| Score | Element | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| __/5 |
I1. Services Arrangements(recovery site, recovery services) |
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| __/5 |
I2. Communications(primary ‐ recovery site, remote access ) |
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| __/5 |
I3. Technology(recovery equipment, config. & test) |
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| __/5 |
I4. As Built Documentation(settings / configuration, steps) |
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| __/5 |
I5. Documented Plan(stages, activities, roles, references) |
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| __/5 |
I6. Organization(governance, steering, DRC, recovery team, support) |
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| __/5 |
I7. Technical Test(by appl’n / infrastructure component) |
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| __/30 |
Sub‐total Implementation |
Maintenance
| Score | Element | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| __/5 |
M1. Failover & Fallback Tests(lessons learned, performance) |
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| __/5 |
M2. Accessible Plan(distribution, electronic access) |
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| __/5 |
M3. Live Test(user involvement) |
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| __/5 |
M4. Current As Built Documentation(reflects changes) |
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| __/5 |
M5. Maintained Plan(updates, people information) |
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| __/5 |
M6. On‐going Program(integrated change processes, verification, funding) |
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| __/30 |
Sub‐total Maintenance |
| __/100 |
Total Score |
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