Even a well-run company can be brought down by a disaster, such as a fire or flood. In the Disaster Recovery Planning course, we describe how to identify risk areas and create and test a plan for how to deal with them. Topics covered include risk analysis, developing a recovery strategy, crisis management, disaster recovery priorities, and dozens of best practices for mitigating all kinds of disasters. This is the go-to guide for setting up a disaster recovery plan.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Identify the triggering events for disaster recovery planning.
Specify the roles of the parties identified in a disaster recovery plan.
Identify how the scope should be set for a disaster recovery plan.
Specify the nature of the recovery time objective and recovery point objective.
Identify the different tranches of risk types.
Recall the risk evaluation information that can be obtained from federal agencies.
Specify the purpose of a recovery strategy.
Specify which assets should be included on an asset identification list.
Specify why spare parts storage should be centralized.
Recall the type of user for which a disaster recovery plan should be written.
Recall the tools that can accompany the different types of recovery plans.
Specify the different recovery options for a work space.
Recall how to distribute a disaster recovery plan to targeted recipients.
Recall who needs to be kept informed about a disaster.
Recall how and where an emergency operations center should be set up and configured.
Specify the assumptions underlying an IT recovery plan.
Identify the requirements for a proper recovery plan testing strategy.
Recall how various company policies can be adjusted to align with company needs in a disaster.
Specify the information that should be shared with customers during an emergency.
Recall how to identify critical business records for extraction during an emergency.
Recall the storage protocols for business records.
Specify the types of fires on which various types of fire extinguishers should be used.
Major Topics
Project Planning Considerations
The Disaster Recovery Planning Process
Project Termination
When to Develop a Plan
Business Impact Analysis
The Risk Analysis
Risk Layers
Recovery Strategy Formulation
Initial Enhancements
Key Personnel
Access Rights
The Disaster Recover Plan
Crisis Management
Plan Testing
Types of Tests
Policy Adjustments
Disaster-Related Best Practices
Business Partners
