Bus Cont Plan&Disas Recov Plan 2
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Chapter4.pptxChapter 4: Selecting a Strategy
Recovery strategy
Main purpose is to restore vital business functions
Restore to minimum acceptable level of service
Selecting a strategy
Trade off between time and money
Maximum recovery time = recovery time objective (RTO)
Craft a strategy for each significant area
Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Amount of data that may be lost since last backup
Time
Distance
Recovery options
Recover in a different company site
Subscribe to a recovery site
Wait until disaster-locate empty space
IT recovery strategy
Environmental conditions
Infrastructure
Applications
Data
Recommended it recovery strategy
Second company site
Second site facility set-up
Offsite data backup
Work area recovery strategy
New location far enough away – not affected
Alternate communications for legacy systems
Pre-printed forms for legal or business reasons
Pandemic strategy
Plan to continue operation at a level that permits it to remain in business
Plan will be in operation for 18-24 months
Business continuity strategy
Customers never notice interruption in service
List critical processes identified in BIA
Draft a process map
Identification of steps to eliminate
Draft a risk assessment
Draft end-to-end recovery plan
summary
Selecting a strategy is an important step
Look at how quick one can recover
Determine amount of data a company can afford to lose
How much security the company can afford
