5 Steps for Disaster Recovery - By: Jamie Hanson

Disaster recovery process is recovering from disruption. This method starts after the disaster and is time consuming if you do not have a preparation in place, resulting in discontinuity of your business and incurring losses. The disruptive event may be external like a terrorist attack or an earthquake; or it may be internal like malfunctioning software in your computer. The tendency among most business executives and entrepreneurs is to overlook "disaster recovery" plans assuming it to be an unlikely event.

On the other hand, most people to face challenges in business and any disruptive event like natural calamity, death or departure of key personnel or supply chain problems put "business continuity planning" in place. A comprehensive business continuity plan helps you run the business smoothly and continue making money. In spite of these differences, the two terms of "business continuity" (BC) and "disaster recovery" (DR) are conjoined under the acronym BC/DR on account of the many common attributes.

Different businesses require different types of plans and it depend on the size, extent and the way the business is run by the company. The communication and feed back among employees are vital. In managing the business continuity solutions, the critical point are that the physical, IT and human resource policy are to be converged, because developing above plans in separation will hamper communication. For the crux of BC/DR is constant communication.

The first step for any disaster recovery solutions is to do a business impact analysis (BIA). The impact is felt on outage. It also helps evaluate the expenses to be incurred by a company to restore the business method and how much extra has to be spent to restore the process quickly. Restoration on priority and opting the priority is essential for business.

The second step is to grow, practice and put a contingency plan in place. This includes a succession plan for your CEO in case of death or departure, and having trained personnel as back up employees to perform critical tasks in case of an emergency.

The third important step is emergency communication plans. In an emergency situation, the 'business continuity solution' plan should have in place crisis communication plans for top executives and offsite crisis meeting places. Practice crisis communication with employees, customers and others related to speed up communication. Other means of communication is worth investing.

The fourth step is to make the business continuity exercises sensible enough so that employees react optimistically in a crisis. Familiarize and form partnerships with local emergency response units, like the police, firefighters and emergency medical teams.

Lastly, appraise the performance of your personnel and technology during each disaster recovery test, stop the loopholes if any, and work towards steady improvement.

About the Author

Learn more about business continuity software at Evergreen Data, and also seeSEO services group ClickResponse.

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