Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)

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Class – Please select a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) for any selected scenario. You can choose any organization's plan or create your own.


1. Describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP.

2. Briefly discuss the internal, external, and environmental risks, which might be likely to affect the business and result in loss of the facility, loss of life, or loss of assets. Threats could include weather, fire or chemical, earth movement, structural failure, energy, biological, or human.

3. Of the strategies of shared-site agreements, alternate sites, hot sites, cold sites, and warm sites, identify which of these recovery strategies is most appropriate for your selected scenario and why.

4. For each testing method listed, briefly describe each method and your rationale for why it will or will not be included in your DRP test plan.

• Include at least Eight (8) reputable sources.
• Your paper should be 1,000-to-1,250-words, and written in APA Style.

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Disaster response planning
Businesses face a number of threats from their internal and external environments.
These forces not only threaten the normal operations in a business, but they could also lead to
the loss and damage of resources such as data and affect the future operations of the company.
As a result, Stallings and Brown (2012) insist that businesses need to improve their resilience
by putting in place measures that mitigate such threats while at the same time providing a
mechanism that necessitates a swift response. This is easily achievable with the help of a
disaster recovery plan (DRP). According to Luckey (2009), a DRP is a document that
analyzes the prevailing business status, potential threats, and their probable impact, and then
provides a mechanism, plan, or procedure in which to protect the business and help in
recovering its vital information technology processes in the event of a disaster. The following
sections discuss the elements of a DRP, risks associated with businesses, recovery strategies,
and appropriate testing methods for the DRP that is designed for ABC, Inc. which is a
hypothetical audit firm based in the US and with a global presence.
Elements of a DRP
The first element of a DRP is the communication plan. Sanders, Randall and Smith
(2013) insist that companies need to set a clear communication plan so as to ensure that
threats and potential disasters are reported to the relevant authorities and that there is a proper
coordination to responding to these disasters. In addition, a DRP is not complete without
goals. As...


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