A DR plan contains several parts or sections to it and in today’s information-dependent society, every business requires an IT Disaster Recovery Plan. Downtime for any business, regardless of size, is costly and eats into the bottom line. A Disaster Recovery Plan or DRP is a written plan which outlines how a business will respond to a variety of disasters that lead to technology downtime.
The DRP develops strategies for the timely restoration of hardware, data, and applications to meet the needs of the particular business, prioritizing restorative actions and assigning personnel to specific roles or tasks. Essentially, installing a backup system for business continuity, pending recovery.
When developing a Disaster Recovery Plan, you will conduct a Business Impact Analysis in order to understand what impact a particular disaster will have on the business. The Business Impact Analysis determines the likelihood of potential risks, then evaluates steps that can be taken to avoid or mitigate the perils, prioritizes responses, and estimates the financial impact to the business.
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