Disaster Recovery Plan

A. Multimedia Presenter Notes (Slide 1)
A1. Role Descriptions of DRP/ECP team members (Slide 2)
Depending on company size, the committee may include several teams, with each team leader serving on an overall crisis management team or one team with representatives from each defined area within the organization.
Role: Executive Management (organization authority)
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Determine and announce crisis situations
(Declares the emergency/crisis state of affairs)
Activate the DRP
Supervise response and recovery efforts
Confirm restoration of normal business operation and finalize the disaster recovery processes Role: Legal (Counsel can be both internal and external)
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Address legal and regulatory issues
Ensure regulation compliance for mitigation efforts
Ensure laws and regulations are followed during restoration and recovery efforts
Protect organization best interest

Role: Information Technology - IT
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Risk and vulnerability assessment
Operating system administration, restoration, and recovery
Damage assessment – salvage assessment and organization
Telecommunications
LAN/WAN recovery and restoration
Network, systems, and operations repair/recovery
Server restoration and recovery
Database recovery
Application recovery
Software restoration and recovery
Backup and redundancy methods
Alternate site coordination
Equipment restoration
Testing

Role: Human Resources – HR (Slide 3)
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Protect the best interest of employees
Ensure employee needs and concerns are met
Coordination of insurance and health benefits
Staffing – temporary and contractual assistance, employee relocation
Payroll issues and management

Role: Operations and Crisis Management Team (Disaster Recovery Committee)
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Identify business goals/objectives
Assess risk based

References: IBM. (2002, September). Resilient infrastructure: Improving your business resilience. Retrieved from http://wgu.libguides.com.wguproxy.egloballibrary.com/loader.phptype=e&id=110298 SANS Institute. (2002, February). Disaster Recovery Plan Strategies and Processes. Retrieved from http://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/recovery/disaster-recovery-planstrategies-processes-564