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Disaster Recovery Plan

A detailed process for recovering information or an IT system in the event of a catastrophic disaster such as a fire or flood. A document that guides the recovery efforts necessary to restore your business to normal operations as quickly as possible. Provides for the continuity of system operations after a disaster.


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Plan for continuing an organization’s (usually a (COOP) headquarters element) essential functions at an alternate site and performing those functions for the duration of an event with little or no loss of continuity before returning to normal operations.
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Businesses that lease computer time through contractual agreements and provide all IT needs in the event of some disaster or business interruption that requires a disaster recovery plan or business continuity plan to be enacted. Also known as a cloud computing service.
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A goal an organization can accomplish by having plans and procedures to help mitigate the effects a disaster has on its continuing operations and to speed the return to normal operations. The uninterrupted availability of information paths for the effective performance of organizational function.
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A backup site that is a duplicate of original data center with full IT computing infrastructure and replicated data. It is the most expensive business continuity solution. A configuration in which a backup facility is maintained in constant working order, with a full complement of servers, workstations, and communications links ready to assume primary operations responsibilities. A fully operational offsite data processing facility equipped with both hardware and system software to be used in the event of disaster.
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Charts (1) the cost to the organization due to the unavailability of information and technology, and (2) the cost to the organization of recovering from a disaster over time.
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