It can be a challenge for an organization to build a comprehensive IT policy and disaster recovery solution that offers them the needed combination of versatility, redundancy, and cost. With product offerings and solutions rapidly evolving, it is easy for a CEO to lose track of the best possible options. When looking to create a new disaster recovery solution, or merely update an existing IT policy, companies should take care to consider the following:
- CEO education – are executives up to date on current IT approaches and solutions, as used both within their company, and outside their business sector?
- The risks of outages and breaches – are data and services best hosted locally, where access can be restricted, or remotely, where availability is improved?
- Compliance with GDPR – will the solution be aligned with the dictates of this legislation, which becomes enforceable in May, 2018?
- Limitations of the cloud – are individual processes evaluated to determine whether cloud hosting is suitable?
- Outsourcing vs. insourcing – whether the potential costs savings of using external resources are balanced by the loss of institutional knowledge?
Source:
http://www.information-age.com/ceo-disaster-recovery-cloud-123471164/
