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Why Recovery Plans Fail
Most businesses never suffer a catastrophic data loss. For those that do, whether caused by hardware failure, natural disaster, fire/flood, employee malice…..it can be devastating. More than 50% of businesses suffering a catastrophic loss of data never recover.
You've made the decision to create a business disaster recovery plan to make sure you can get back up and running quickly in the event of a disaster. But actually creating and implementing that plan is a whole other story.
The disaster recovery (DR) vision is a scenario in which all disasters are withstood; using a well-crafted plan, operations are transferred to a remote facility to get the organization back online within recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) targets. But this is pure fantasy for most companies. The reality is that if a disaster should occur, nothing short of Herculean efforts by the IT staff would be required to have the slightest chance of getting back online in any reasonable period of time, much less the targeted RTO.
Many disaster recovery (DR) plans end up being a documentation exercise and never rise above the day-to-day priorities of the business. Those that make it to the DR testing phases often encounter problems that if not properly addressed leave a bad mark on the whole DR processes. In a survey of 253 enterprises that had to activate their recovery plans Janco has identified the reasons why recovery is not successful.
The most common issue and occurring in 62% of all recovery plans are errors in the plan itself. This is often due to the plan not being kept up to date (47%) and the unavailability or inaccurate passwords (34%).
Additional reasons for failures are:
- Insufficient backup power - 22%
- Communications not in place - 18%
- Personnel not trained - 17%
- System priorities not identified - 14%
- Recovery not documented - 13%
- Event not identified - 12%
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Standard Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program - Compliant with ISO 27031 and ISO 22301
- Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description
- Manager Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Job Description
- Application Inventory and Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Incident Communication Plan and Policy with BEST PRACTICES for
- News Conferences
- Media Relations
- Social Network Checklist
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Included with the template are Electronic Forms which have been designed to lower the cost of maintenance of the plan. Electonic Forms that can be emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- LAN Inventory
- Location Contact Numbers
- Off-Site Inventory
- Personnel Locations
- Plan Distribution
- Remote Location Contact Information
- Team Call List
- Vendor Contact Information
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Premium Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program - Compliant with ISO 27031 and ISO 22301
- Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description
- Manager Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Job Description
- Application Inventory and Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Incident Communication Plan and Policy with BEST PRACTICES for
- News Conferences
- Media Relations
- Social Network Checklist
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Included with the template are Electronic Forms which have been designed to lower the cost of maintenance of the plan. Electonic Forms that can be emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- LAN Inventory
- Location Contact Numbers
- Off-Site Inventory
- Personnel Locations
- Plan Distribution
- Remote Location Contact Information
- Team Call List
- Vendor Contact Information
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15 Full Job Descriptions (WORD)
- Chief Information Officer
- Chief Security Officer
- Chief Compliance Officer
- VP Strategy and Architecture
- Director Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Director e-Commerce
- Director Media Communications
- Manager Disaster Recovery
- Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Disaster Recovery Coordinator
- Disaster Recovery - Special Projects Supervisor
- Manager Database
- Capacity Planning Supervisor
- Manager Media Library Suppor
- Manager Site Management
- Pandemic Coordinator
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Gold Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- 243 IT Job Descriptions (WORD) including all of the job descriptions contained in the Premium edition
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Standard Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program - Compliant with ISO 27031 and ISO 22301
- Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description
- Manager Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Job Description
- Application Inventory and Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Incident Communication Plan and Policy with BEST PRACTICES for
- News Conferences
- Media Relations
- Social Network Checklist
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Included with the template are Electronic Forms which have been designed to lower the cost of maintenance of the plan. Electonic Forms that can be emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- LAN Inventory
- Location Contact Numbers
- Off-Site Inventory
- Personnel Locations
- Plan Distribution
- Remote Location Contact Information
- Team Call List
- Vendor Contact Information
- Security Manual Template (Word)
- HIPAA Audit Program
- ISO 27000 Security Audit - Compliant with ISO 22301 & 27031
- Business and IT Impact Questionnaire
- Threat and Vulnerability Assessment Tool
- Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Checklist
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Electronic forms that can be Emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- Blog Policy Compliance
- Company Asset Employee Control Log
- Email - Employee Acknowledgment
- Employee Termination Checklist
- Internet Access Request
- Internet Use Approval
- Internet & Electronic Communication - Employee Acknowledgment
- Mobile Device Access and Use Agreement
- Employee Security Acknowledgement Release
- Preliminary Security Audit Checklist
- Security Access Application
- Security Audit Report
- Security Violation Reporting
- Sensitive Information Policy Compliance Agreement
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Premium Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program - Compliant with ISO 27031 and ISO 22301
- Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description
- Manager Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Job Description
- Application Inventory and Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Incident Communication Plan and Policy with BEST PRACTICES for
- News Conferences
- Media Relations
- Social Network Checklist
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Included with the template are Electronic Forms which have been designed to lower the cost of maintenance of the plan. Electonic Forms that can be emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- LAN Inventory
- Location Contact Numbers
- Off-Site Inventory
- Personnel Locations
- Plan Distribution
- Remote Location Contact Information
- Team Call List
- Vendor Contact Information
- Security Manual Template (Word)
- HIPAA Audit Program
- ISO 2700 Security Audit
- Business and IT Impact Questionnaire
- Threat and Vulnerability Assessment Tool
- Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Checklist
-
Electronic forms that can be Emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- Blog Policy Compliance
- Company Asset Employee Control Log
- Email - Employee Acknowledgment
- Employee Termination Checklist
- Internet Access Request
- Internet Use Approval
- Internet & Electronic Communication - Employee Acknowledgment
- Mobile Device Access and Use Agreement
- Employee Security Acknowledgement Release
- Preliminary Security Audit Checklist
- Security Access Application
- Security Audit Report
- Security Violation Reporting
- Sensitive Information Policy Compliance Agreement
- 25 Full Job Descriptions
- Chief Information Officer (CIO); Chief Compliance Officer (CCO); Chief Security Officer (CSO);VP Strategy and Architecture; Director e-Commerce; Database Administrator; Data Security Administrator; Manager Data Security; Manager Database; Manager Disaster Recovery; Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity; Pandemic Coordinator; Manager Facilities and Equipment; Manager Media Library Support; Manager Network and Computing Services; Manager Network Services; Manager Site Management; Manager Training and Documentation; Manager Voice and Data Communication; Manager Wireless Systems;Capacity Planning Supervisor; Disaster Recovery Coordinator; Disaster Recovery - Special Projects Supervisor; Network Security Analyst; System Administrator - Unix; System Administrator - Windows
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Gold Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program - Compliant with ISO 27031 and ISO 22301
- Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description
- Manager Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Job Description
- Application Inventory and Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Incident Communication Plan and Policy with BEST PRACTICES for
- News Conferences
- Media Relations
- Social Network Checklist
-
Included with the template are Electronic Forms which have been designed to lower the cost of maintenance of the plan. Electonic Forms that can be emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- LAN Inventory
- Location Contact Numbers
- Off-Site Inventory
- Personnel Locations
- Plan Distribution
- Remote Location Contact Information
- Team Call List
- Vendor Contact Information
- HIPAA Audit Program
- ISO 2700 Security Audit
- Business and IT Impact Questionnaire
- Threat and Vulnerability Assessment Tool
- Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Checklist
-
Electronic forms that can be Emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- Blog Policy Compliance
- Company Asset Employee Control Log
- Email - Employee Acknowledgment
- Employee Termination Checklist
- Internet Access Request
- Internet Use Approval
- Internet & Electronic Communication - Employee Acknowledgment
- Mobile Device Access and Use Agreement
- Employee Security Acknowledgement Release
- Preliminary Security Audit Checklist
- Security Access Application
- Security Audit Report
- Security Violation Reporting
- Sensitive Information Policy Compliance Agreement
Recovery plan chosen by over 3,000 enterprises worldwide
The DRP template is over 200 pages and includes everything needed to customize the Disaster Recovery Plan to fit your specific requirement. The electronic document includes proven written text and examples for the following major sections of a disaster recovery plan:
- Plan Introduction
- Business Impact Analysis - including a sample impact matrix
- DRP Organization Responsibilities pre and post disaster - drp checklist
- Backup Strategy for Data Centers, Departmental File Servers, Wireless Network servers, Data at Outsourced Sites, Desktops (In office and "at home"), Laptops and PDA's
- Recovery Strategy including approach, escalation plan process and decision points
- Disaster Recovery Procedures in a check list format
- Plan Administration Process
- Technical Appendix including definition of necessary phone numbers and contact points
- Job Description for Disaster Recovery Manager (3 pages long) - entire disaster recovery team job descriptions are available
- Work Plan to modify and implement the template. Included is a list of deliverables for each task. (Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Assessment)
There is a extensive section that show how a full test of the DRP can be conducted. It includes
- Disaster Recovery Manager Responsibilities
- Distribution of the Disaster Recovery Plan
- Maintenance of the Business Impact Analysis
- Training of the Disaster Recovery Team
- Testing of the Disaster Recovery Plan
- Evaluation of the Disaster Recovery Plan Tests
- Maintenance of the Disaster Recovery Plan
Click on the link below to get the DRP/BC sample pages now and make it part of your disaster recovery toolkit.