Disaster Recovery Plan Templates for Critical Data
If disaster recovery planning seems like just one more of those things to do when you can get round to it, it may help to think about the critical business data you need to protect, and get started with a relevant disaster recovery plan template. Your organisation has information concerning customers, operations, and administration that […]
Isn’t my Insurance the Only Business Continuity Plan I need?
Is it or isn’t it? The first thing to understand is what really is covered by your insurance and how such insurance would be applied as part of your disaster recovery or business continuity plan. The mistake made by organisations, and small businesses in particular, is in assuming that their insurance covers everything. Insurance policies […]
SMB Disaster Recovery Plan Templates and the 3P Principle
Small and medium businesses often rely on being nimble enough in the market to compete with big businesses. A “disaster recovery plan template for SMBs” would ideally take that into account, covering all the different aspects of such businesses, while remaining concise enough to facilitate updates as business configurations change with market conditions. The trouble […]
Disaster Recovery Plan – the Map is Not the Territory
Although it’s encouraging to hear about perfect disaster recovery plans and outstanding recoveries, it’s also refreshing from time to time to hear about frank accounts of recoveries that weren’t so perfect. This isn’t for gloating. It’s for tempering optimism with reality and remembering that “the map is not the territory”. In other words, what you […]
Morphing DR Plans Into BC plans
Disaster recovery plans are like car insurance. It’s not because you’ve insured your car that you’re obliged to have an accident; similarly, it’s not because you have a great disaster recovery plan, that you’re obliged to have a disaster. Although reactive disaster recovery will always be a counterpart to proactive business continuity, better driving will […]
The Danger Of Disaster Recovery Overkill
In theory, disaster recovery like its counterpart business continuity needs to concentrate on what is critical in an organisation to keep it functioning correctly, and concentrate on planning for and managing those aspects. Experience plays a large part in understanding how far to go, and having broad knowledge gained by working in or with the […]