Name: Srikanth Tummeti
Subject: BA63575 G3 Disaster Recovery
Topic: Complete Disaster Recovery Plan Report
Id: 553135
How to Prepare and Implement a Disaster Recovery Plan
The value of a Disaster Recovery or Control
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Name: Srikanth Tummeti
Subject: BA63575 G3 Disaster Recovery
Topic: Complete Disaster Recovery Plan Report
Id: 553135
How to Prepare and Implement a Disaster Recovery Plan
The value of a Disaster Recovery or Control Plan is the ability to react to a threat or event swiftly
and efficiently. This can only be achieved when a department has informed staff, disaster
supplies and planned procedures—in short, a Disaster Recovery Plan.
What was discussed earlier about planning for disaster prevention applies equally to planning for
disaster recovery? The planning is a senior management function and cannot succeed without
top-level support. Recognition of the need for such a plan must be present at an early stage, no
matter who stimulates this awareness.
A written authorization statement makes management’s support for the disaster planning process
clear to all employees. The original mandate must spell out the plan’s goals and objectives so that
top management’s expectations are met.
Proficiency
Records Management is just one of many resources available to the University. The key to
having a comprehensive disaster prevention and recovery plan is to draw from all of these
resources/plans.
One of the primary resources we have identified, not only from a records management
perspective but also nationwide among large companies, is the opportunity to relocate backup
information and systems that are vital to our University’s success, survival, and reputation.
Because we are a four-campus system, each campus can be a vital resource for each of the other
campuses as a distant off-site storage location (90 to 128 miles apart) for backup of information
systems. In the event of a wide-spread disaster such as an F-3 to F-5 tornado or earthquake,
UM’s system of wide-spread campuses could serve as off-site backup facilities with very little
cost to the system.
The Disaster Recovery Plan
The Disaster Recovery Plan should be prepared by the Disaster Recovery Committee, which
should include representatives from all critical departments or areas of the department’s
functions. The committee should include at least one representative from management,
computing, risk management, records management, security, and building maintenance. The
actual size and composition of the committee will depend on the size, location, and structure ofthe individual department or facility.
The committee needs to prepare a timeline to establish a reasonable deadline for completing the
written plan. This timeline may take the form of a Program Evaluation and Review Technique
(PERT) chart or a decision.
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