Disaster recovery is the subset of business continuity planning that involves a set of procedures that make it possible for a business to recover vital information and technology following either a natural disaster, or one caused by humans. The goal of disaster recovery is to allow organizations to maintain or quickly resume critical functions after a disaster has occurred.

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Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan

Disaster recovery planning is a vital component of running a successful business. When creating a disaster recovery plan, it is important to consider exactly what needs to be protected in the event of a disaster. Although many disaster recovery plans focus on the data, software, or hardware that needs to be protected, it is also vital that a disaster recovery plan also takes into consideration manpower.    

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Build Disaster Recovery Plan

• Write your disaster recovery plan

• Analyze your disaster recovery plan

• Create a budget for your disaster recovery solution 

 

Backup Your Data

• Create local backups

• Create offsite cloud backups

• Encrypt your backups

• Restore from backup

• Review your network and find data not being backed up

 

Monitor Your Backup

• Review your backups daily

• Keep your backups working consistently

• Test your backup