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TOP 7 TIPS FOR AN EFFECTIVE DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN

Top 7 tips for an effective Disaster Recovery Plan

Here’s a no-brainer – many companies rely on IT for their survival and they won’t

be able to work if their system went down. If you think your company is one of

them, then it’s important to have a proper Disaster Recovery (DR) plan in place

so that you are able to reduce your downtime and get back online as quickly as

possible.

Here are top 7 tips to help you implement an effective Disaster Recovery plan:

Identify your risks: Identifying major security threats to your IT infrastructure

can help you put procedures in place that will reduce the risk and determine the

course of action needed for recovery.

Prioritize your activities: Identify your most critical services and the order in

which you want to restore them. This will help you create a recovery plan which

will help minimize the effect of the disaster on your business.

Make a list of software details: If you’re running different software programs in

your business for different activities, make sure you have a complete list of

applications you are using, their configuration settings, the contact details of the

owners, and your contract details. This will help you remember the applications

important for your business.

Create a response team: This is an essential element of a DR Plan and includes

personnel you will need to get your system back online. You can take help from

your internal staff or can hire third party vendors to help you in this process.

Assess Recovery Procedures: The top goal of every company is recovery and

restoration of its data after the disaster. In order to collect and restore the data,

the company must answer questions like where the data has been stored, who

has access to the data, is the data secure, whether it can be recovered in case

it’s lost and how to retrieve the data in case the company switches its users.

Run and Test your plan: Testing your plan is another important part of DR

planning. No matter how well you’ve planned your recovery, actually

implementing the process is always different from the way it was planned. Run

the test plan and make required tweaks for the final version of the DR plan.

Keep your backup ready and waiting: It is often said that business should never

anticipate profits but should provide for all possible losses. Keep a backup of all

your business resources on-site, off-site or on the Cloud so that you don’t have

to worry about the data loss in case of a disaster.

When a disaster strikes, most of the companies suffer because of the absence

of a proper DR Plan. Having a solid DR plan will help the businesses resume their

operations after the minimum downtime and continue to provide good and

reliable services to their customers and suppliers. Developing a DR plan can be

time consuming but the benefits heavily outweigh the costs should a disaster

occur.

Sysfore can help you with a cost efficient way to meet your disaster recovery

objectives. You can write to us at info@sysfore.com or call us at +91-80-4110-

5555.