Disaster Recovery Plan Template Business Continuity

ISO 27000, SOX,
PCI-DSS & HIPAA Compliant

The Standard for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

This Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) can be used as a Disaster Planning template for any size of enterprise. The Disaster Recovery template and supporting material have been updated to be Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA compliant. The Disaster Planning Template comes as both a Word document and a static fully indexed PDF document and includes:

Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Template
Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire
Work Plan
Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Audit Program
Pandemic Planning Checklist

Preparation for Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity in light of SOX has two primary parts. The first is putting systems in place to completely protect all financial and other data required to meet the reporting regulations and to archive the data to meet future requests for clarification of those reports. The second is to clearly and expressly document all these procedures so that in the event of a SOX audit, the auditors clearly see that the DRP exists and will appropriately protect the data.

New are (Version History):

Backup & Backup Retention Policy
Disaster Recovery Audit Program
Compliance with the ISO 27000 Series Standards (formerly ISO 17799 now ISO 27001 & ISO 27002), Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA
Web Site Disaster Recovery Planning Form
Project Status Report Form
Personnel Location Repor
Department Disaster Recovery Activation Workbook
- Quick Reference Guide
- Team Alert List (Form)
- DRP Team Responsibilities
- DRP Team Checklist
- Critical Function(s) Definition
- Normal Business Hour Response Procedures
- After Hours Response Procedures
- DRP Location(s) Definition
- DRP Recovery Procedures
- Notification Procedures
- Notification Call List (Form)
Updated Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire
Vendor Disaster Recovery Questionnaire
Vendor Phone List Form Updated
Key Customer Notification Form
Critical Resources to be Retrieved Form
Business Continuity Off-Site Materials Form
Business Continuity Audit Program

The premium edition contains 15 full job descriptions. They are:

Chief Information Officer
Chief Security Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
VP Strategy and Architecture
Director Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Director e-Commerce
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 Support
Manager Site Management
Pandemic Coordinator

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 / BCP 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 Descriptions
- Disaster Recovery Manager
- Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Pandemic Coordinator
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 shows 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.

Backup Matrix - Sample from Template

Testimonials

Testimonial - Dave Baker - City of Hamilton -I have found the DRP template invaluable!

Testimonial - Bob Rifenbury -MCSE/CCNA Lauch Testing Lab -The DRP Template saved me about 6 months of work!

Testimonial - Kelly Keeler - Martin's Point Health Care -I have received and I began using the template immediately. IT IS GREAT! Made this process a snap for me. Cut my documentation time down from. weeks to hours! This document has made, what began to be an overwhelming process turn into a snap!

Testimonial - Juan Stamos - Mexico City Corporation -We had a DRP in place, but needed a more user friendly structure. The Disaster Recovery Template (Gold edition) has that structure. It was very easy to quickly move our DRP into Janco's DRP Template -- a real added value.

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