Disaster recovery

Table of Contents Introduction 2 Key terms 2 What is the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity planning? 2 The Need for Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning and Management 3 The Phases of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, Implementation, and Management 3 Types of Plans 3 Typical Contents of a BC/DR Plan 4 Benefits and Risks 4 Benefits 4 Risks 5 Conclusion 6 Introduction Every business and organization can experience a serious incident

This chapter began with the evaluation of several disaster that has wreaked havoc in many way to nations and which consequently had rendered many businesses inoperable and many lives unbalanced. This chapter described how flood, fires, terrorists’ attacks, tornadoes, and vandalism among others had taken its toll in destroying many businesses. Since businesses depend on people, systems and many other resources for its daily activities and functionality, any disruption of services will definitely affect

advanced to shed light on disaster recovery as outlined: System theory: It’s based on the idea that there are several sectors that interact in production of a disaster event. For a disaster to happen there are three systems that must emerge: human, built, and physical systems. System theory: disaster is a resultant of misfit of the system. Source: http://books.google.co.ke/books?id=zaffje8UEwYC&pg=PA44&dq=disaster+recovery+theories&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=disaster%20recovery%20theories&f=true

Although there was high sensitive nature of work at GetSmart there should have still been a backup system or a recovery policy to prevent data from being lost. Since this policy was in place for the last three years and was going well until this disaster, there should have been a plan to be prepared. Being on the committee with many other employees I think it is important for us to come up with a way to have all files have a backup system in case of a storm or any other situation that may have all

Most businesses did not have a disaster recovery or business continuity plan in place, which caused significant delays in the rebuilding process with many businesses folding operations or relocating elsewhere in the region (Scarinci, 2014, pg. 60). Hurricane Sandy not only destroyed businesses and home it impacted the local and state revenues streams, employment opportunities and restoration of the communities as a whole (Scarinci, 2014, pg. 61-62). A disaster is any situation that interrupts

Disaster Recovery and Incident Response Organization Overview: The impact of disasters both natural or manmade can be disastrous for an organization that hasn't taken the proper steps to plan and prepare. This was evidenced beyond a reasonable doubt for businesses up and down the East Coast, especially in the Mid-Atlantic Region during last year's superstorm Sandy. The areas of New York and New Jersey were especially hard hit by the disasters, as the organization at the center of this discussion

Disasters are occurrences one cannot control. The economic movements are unpredictable as technologies, effects of climate change, and health issues continue to persist; these among other disasters cause shifts in activity in the global financial market. Business companies in return are the last entity to carry the loads of aftermath of these circumstances. They become pressed in crisis of recovery when for example a calamity struck an entire nation. Disaster recovery planning and risk management

There are many pros and cons of certain policies and procedures for disaster recovery, which will be assessed below. With effective disaster recovery risk, this means that a lot of work is lost when the crash occurred is low, because the return to be completed in the estimated time it will install a network administrator, it will usually have more free time, when the network is not being used. The correctness of the organization is a factor, plus, because it will be backup to the work of people

Current Event: The Positive and Negative Elements of Disaster Recovery The devastating damage and impact Hurricane Harvey had on the Houston happened several months ago, yet there are still countless problems the Houston area is still facing. One of these problems that is described in this article is the delay in obtaining the $10 billion that was approved by Congress to be used for long-term flood recovery. Currently, that money has not reached local governments in Texas, which is causing homeowners

Disasters weather man-made, natural, or technological are ineluctable. Community stakeholders, leaders, and citizens are ultimately culpable for ensuring that a sound disaster preparedness and recovery plan is in place should a calamity materialize. Failure to enact such a plan comes with immeasurable consequences. Over the discourse of this paper, the Banqiao Dam disaster will be examined as a case analysis, to render what preparedness and recovery plans were sanctioned, as well as the scope of