By now, regular readers of this site will be familiar with the rationale behind having a disaster recovery plan. IT Pro offers a series of tips to take a company’s disaster planning to the next level.
Tips include:
- Having robust documentation, which is especially useful to get management buy-in.
- Consider all areas of business in terms of risk and have a full IT inventory and data audit.
- Have regular fire drills and tests of your plan.
- Prepare for different levels of disaster, not just one type of occurrence.
- Consider the pros and cons of cloud DR: how they integrate with your business and the upfront costs.
- Avoid single points of failure and consider resilience first.
- Be ready to update and revise your plan as needed with new additions to your inventory and networks.
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