Sunday, August 31, 2008

Ten Tips for Successful IT Disaster Recovery Planning

From Information Security Today

Businesses of all sizes rely on information technology as a crucial component of their day-to-day operations. Because data availability is a top priority, the need for companies to compile a thorough disaster recovery plan is essential.

According to Info-Tech Research Group, however, almost 60% of North American businesses do not have a disaster recovery plan in place to resume IT services in case of crisis - a recipe for possible business failure. Faulkner Information Services found that 50% of companies that lose their data due to disasters go out of business within 24 months, while the U.S. Bureau of Labor indicates that 93% are out of business within five years.

Ten Tips for Disaster Recovery Planning:-

  • Devise a disaster recovery plan

  • Monitor implementation

  • Test disaster recovery plan

  • Perform off-site data back-up and storage

  • Perform data restoration tests

  • Back-up laptops and desktops

  • Be redundant

  • Invest in theft recovery and data delete solutions for laptops

  • Install regular virus pattern updates

  • Consider hiring a managed services provider


Read the complete article for more details. Although DRP is now a common check item on many IT departments lists, it still regarded as a burden rather than a critical task. Companies need to do more than request that DRP be a part of IT's functions. They need to fund it and make it a high priority item on job descriptions. With IT departments working in reactive mode DRP will be neglected.

1 comments:

jaqulin said...

That is so awesome. I had been going through because of this disaster. But recently one of my friends has suggested me to go for data disaster recovery plan and trust me That has helped a lot for my business. There was improvement in it.