Appendix D
Disaster Recovery Plan
Student Name: Morgan Christian
University of Phoenix
IT/244 Intro to IT Security
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1. Disaster Recovery Plan
Due in Week Three: For your selected scenario, describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP.
1.1. Risk Assessment
1.1.1. Critical business processes
List the mission-critical business systems and services that must be protected by the DRP.
The Mission Critical business systems that need protection the most in the event of a disaster are first going to be the computers in each branch, followed by the servers in the central hub for intranet finances, web, inventory as well as HR services. Customers are the life blood of Sunica Music and if we cannot provide our service to them then critical business has stopped, for this our central financial software has to be running in order to record finances and communicate to the new inventory system which orders alongside the financial system.
1.1.2. Internal, external, and environmental risks
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.
In terms of environmental risks that are external things such as earthquakes, fires, floods, mudslides, snow, ice, lightning, hurricanes, tornadoes, zombies, and killer bee’s etc., are considered. Internal Environmental risk factors could be human malicious intent, human error, utility issues (leaks), power outages, and equipment failures. With the new web servers and online shopping site Digital Crime will also be considered in all aspects internal and external Security.
1.2. Disaster Recovery Strategy
Of the strategies of shared-site agreements,
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