Every business in vulnerable. None are immune to the many and serious incidents which can prevent the normal course of business. The potential causes are many... fire, flood, computer malfunctions, accidents, terrorism, the list is endless. Disaster recovery (DR) is designed to help reduce the impact to the company should the worst occur. Pre-disaster planning makes recovering from the unthinkable possible. If the company fails to plan for possible disasters, they plan to fail. It is simple. Having a disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a fundamental responsibility of every company. Developing the plan need not be overly time consuming and complicated. However, it is the most important thing in the company armory should a disastrous event take place. It is what everyone will turn to the minute disaster strikes. No company wants to ever have to be in a position to test the disaster plan; however, having a good plan in place can be the difference between the loss of the company and it's recovery. It is vital that a recovery plan is understandable, and workable and well-thought out enough to guide everyone through the crisis. Anything less is worthless. The disaster plan should contemplate disk recovery, data recovery and hard drive recovery.
Business continuity and DR plans do not have to be as complicated as we try to make them. In fact, it shouldn't be complicated at all. If you have a business continuity and disaster recovery plan now, and it is too complicated to understand, imagine how difficult it will be to actually use in the event of an emergency. Toss it and start over. The first rule is that the plan must be easily understood.
Many options are on the market today to guide companies through the process of developing their disaster recovery plan. The BCP Generator is one of them. It is an interactive WORD based application that easily guides the planning team through the process of developing the disaster plan for recovery. It provides comprehensive templates and guidelines that recover all functions required in the recovery process.
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