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Safeguarding Your Computer Systems: How to Build an IT Disaster Recovery Team

MHA Consulting

The cost of not having an IT disaster recovery team can range from being unable to recover from a disruption, to overspending. Related on MHA Consulting: Who Does What: The Most Critical Job Roles in IT Disaster Recovery The Price of Neglecting IT/DR Being a business continuity consultant can be frustrating.

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Every Business Continuity Plan Should Include Disaster Recovery

everbridge

Regardless of the actual figure, time really is money, so organizations must be proactive in setting themselves up for successful recovery in the event of a disaster. CASE STUDY: IMPROVING DISASTER RECOVERY. What is Disaster Recovery? How to Create a Disaster Recovery Plan.

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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

Section 1: The Scope of Business Continuity Myth 1: Business Continuity is Only About IT Disaster Recovery or DR. Contrary to popular belief, business continuity extends far beyond IT recovery. It integrates people, processes, properties, communication, technology and other key areas.

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The Importance of Business Continuity Whitepaper

Erwood Group

For continuity professionals and practitioners as well as business owners, executives, and business managers who have or are looking to implement Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery programs in their businesses. The best part is it’s free.

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7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

MHA Consulting

(It is often incorrectly assumed that the vendor handles backup and recovery for SaaS/cloud-based applications, relieving the organization of the need to think about this.) Gaps in IT recovery and business availability/recovery requirements. The roadmap and maintenance schedule must include regular disaster recovery exercises.

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Separating the Best from the Rest: An Analysis of Why Business Preparedness Is Critical in an Uncertain Future

Erwood Group

Let’s look at what happened with Tessco Technologies, a supplier of wireless communications products for network infrastructure, site support, and fixed and mobile broadband located in Baltimore, Maryland. Due to the outage, he was unable to execute a trade to exit a position and lost $70,000.00 in a single day. Tessco Technologies.

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The Top 8 Risk Mitigation Controls, in Order 

MHA Consulting

Very few companies, maybe 10 to 15 percent, actually use their recovery strategies and make sure they can truly achieve recovery of the business units, processes, and associated information technology. Recovery Team. Have we communicated the policies and standards to the relevant parties? Do we enforce them?