Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning for the Worst That Might Happen

• Paul Jerrom
• Independent Consultant
• paul_at_jerrom.co.nz

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning for the Worst That Might Happen

• Excuses companies have for not having a DRP (and
  why I think they should)
• Some things you might like to bear in mind when
  instigating a DRP

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning for the Worst That Might Happen

• As far as I am concerned
• A Disaster Recovery Plan is a sub-set of the
  Business Continuity Plan
• The BCP contains several other elements
• Other parts of the BCP should make the DRP a rare
  event
• Disaster RecoveryContingency Planning

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning for the Worst That Might Happen
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning for the Worst That Might Happen

• Excuses companies have for not having a DRP
• The word Disaster

• Perceived Cost
• It wont happen to me

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning for the Worst That Might Happen

• Some things to bear in mind
• Test, test and test some more.
• Decide what are you protecting, what are you
  protecting it from?
• Think disaster
• Consider failback
• Get outside help
• Consider DR from a business standpoint

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning for the Worst That Might Happen

• A disaster does not have to be of biblical
  proportions
• They do happen!
• You must test your plan
• There are other benefits of the process
• Think business, not IT

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Planning for the Worst That Might Happen

• Just because youre paranoid doesnt mean youre
  wrong

Thank you for your time. paul_at_jerrom.co.nz