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Disaster Recovery Plan

Thursday, 05 July 2007

We live in a world where man-made and natural disasters occur on a daily basis. Mother Nature provides us with earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, fires, and other serious incidents. If your business is affected by an act of Nature and you do not have a disaster recovery plan in place; chances are you will never be able to fully recover from the event. Think about it for a moment. What would you do if you lost all of your email contacts? How would you get in touch with your vendors or customers if you lost your databases? Would you be able to reconstruct your accounting and payroll spreadsheets?

As if Mother Nature weren't a big enough threat, there's also the very real threat of man-made disasters including equipment failure, computer viruses, internal and external sabotage, and server attacks. Taking time to develop a disaster recovery plan is one of the most important things you can do to protect your business. While business insurance is important, developing a disaster recovery plan guarantees your ability to recover in the event of any type of disaster.

The disaster recovery plan is a critical part of any business. It serves as the guide you will turn to in the event of a disaster or serious incident. Organizing it requires brainstorming with others to determine the various disasters that may arise.

The most important component of developing a disaster recovery plan is to keep it as simple as possible. It must be easy-to-understand and include step-by-step directions which apply for each different disaster. For instance, your disaster recovery plan for a fire would be different than your disaster recovery plan for equipment failure. However, both would contain some of the same components, such as the restoration of data back-ups.

There are many tools available to help you develop a disaster recovery plan for your business. Depending on the size of your organization, you may want to utilize the services of a disaster recovery service. While appropriate for any size business, disaster recovery services typically are used by companies with ten or more employees.

Many disaster recovery services will help you develop a customized disaster recovery plan for a nominal fee. Most provide mobile offices to organizations which are struck with a disaster such as a hurricane or tornado.

For the small business owner, there are many free disaster recovery plans, templates and guides available via the Internet. These guides offer step-by-step instructions for various disasters and serve as a tool for those who prefer to develop a disaster recovery plan without having to pay a professional.

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