Disaster Recovery Plan is a Must Have for Any Organisation

As businesses depend increasingly on technology, data, and their IT infrastructure, the impact of system errors or downtime has never been higher.

When an unforeseen event or disaster takes place, it can bring business operations to a sudden halt. This can not only be incredibly costly from a financial perspective, but it can also have a negative impact on your reputation. So it’s important you get back up and running as quickly as possible.

The key to the effective management of any unforeseen is a comprehensive, well-considered disaster recovery plan. Not having a plan in place can put your business at risk of high financial costs, reputation loss, and risks for your clients and customers.

Revision history

A record of all revisions made to the plan and the date they were made.

These core elements will ensure the plan is equipped to handle incidents quickly, minimise downtime, and limit damages, both reputational and financial.

How to develop a successful Disaster Recovery Plan

When developing a DRP for your business, there are several things to keep in mind to ensure that it is effective, including:

Cover a wide range of potential incidents

From hardware failure and natural disasters to cybercrime and human error, it’s important your plan covers a broad range of potential incidents, rather than purely focusing on one type of disaster.

A team effort

When creating a disaster recovery plan, it’s important to involve as many employees from across the business as possible. This will allow you to identify potential issues ad vulnerabilities from every viewpoint, ensuring the plan is as watertight as possible.

Test, test, test

When you’re preparing your disaster recovery plan, it’s important to test it thoroughly, several times. This will ensure the plan is fit for its purpose and give you peace of mind that it will deliver the best results in the event that you need to implement it.

Keep it up to date

Disaster recovery planning doesn’t stop when you’ve completed your initial plan. Factors within your business, such as software and hardware, are constantly changing, along with the nature of new and evolving threats. So it’s important to constantly review and update your plan.

Keep it simple

Your disaster recovery plan doesn’t need to be hundreds of pages long. Simple documents ranging from 2 to 10 pages are usually sufficient for the majority of businesses. If your plan needs to be long to cover all relevant regulations, it’s worth creating a shorter version to share with employees, focusing on the steps they need to take.

Download our IT Disaster Recovery Plan Template

Our IT Disaster Recovery Plan document covers the building blocks of a plan, so you can start thinking about what it would take to resume normal operations in the event that your data and infrastructure are implicated in a severe IT incident or disaster.

Download our IT Disaster Recovery Plan template now or get in touch to discuss your needs.

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