- The business continues to believe in myths that impede the creation of an adequate disaster recovery plan (DRP).
- It is difficult to determine the required recovery time and points for each critical application.
- Recovery processes are not well documented, resulting in an ad hoc approach to disaster recovery.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Small enterprises need to have a clear understanding of what is needed from their DRP. For some organizations, reaching an adequate level of DR maturity is all that is needed.
- For small enterprises, recovery times are becoming increasingly easier to meet with the popularization of virtualization. Recovery points are more difficult to meet as it is difficult to pinpoint the exact amount of back-ups that need to be made, resulting in overspending for backups.
- Document is not a one-and-done deal. Constantly update your DRP documentation to track both small and large changes that may affect your ability to recover services.
Impact and Result
- Complete a business impact analysis that contains the organization’s critical applications and dependencies, recovery time and points (desired and achievable), and a vulnerability assessment.
- This blueprint’s guidance will help increase an organization’s overall resiliency and ability to salvage operations after an incident has occurred.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
10.0/10
Overall Impact
$15,250
Average $ Saved
13
Average Days Saved
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
TANTUS Solutions Group Inc
Guided Implementation
10/10
$10,000
5
Great discussion and very well written email summarizing the path forward
Transpharmation Canada Ltd.
Guided Implementation
10/10
$20,500
20
Frank has consistently provided extremely valuable advice regarding development of a DRP, tailored to the specific needs of our organization. His w... Read More