A disaster recovery plan (DRP)

A disaster recovery plan (DRP) also known as business continuity plan (BCP) or business process contingency plan (BPCP), It does not count, if the data is personal data or it's a small business data or a big MNC data. The results of a disaster is terrible on anyone, It could mean the end of your business or huge financial loss, it can take all the reputation that you build over the years down the drain.

Depends how the organization is dealing with potential disasters. Any a disaster is an effect that makes the continuation of ordinary functions impossible, this situation give rise to a logical method to over come a disaster which is acknowledged as Disaster Recovery Plan, it consists of the measure taken so that the effects of a catastrophe will be reduced and the organization will be able to either maintain or rapidly resume mission-critical functions. A disaster recovery planning starts by an analysis of business processes and continuity needs; it will besides include a significant focus on disaster prevention.

Disaster recovery is becoming an increasingly important characteristic of high dependency on computing and the delicate nature of the storage devices, multiplying the effect devices, systems, and networks has become ever more complex, there are just more things that can go wrong. As a phenomenon, recovery plans have also become more complex.

For example, Couple of decades ago if there was a threat to systems from a fire, a disaster recovery plan might have been as simple as powering down the computers before fire protection system came on. Current systems tend to be too vast and complicated for such simple approaches, however, an interruption of service or loss of data can have serious financial impact, whether directly or through loss of customer confidence. One classic example is Empire States Building crash, which had many data-center within (assuming it is the safest place in the world). If disaster planing was not in place, we all could have faced to a greater extent difficulty as our records from the bank's and other security documents would have disappeared. Lucky DR was in place in many places and our data was in safe custody.

Appropriate plans vary from one organization to another, depending on variables such as the type of business, the processes involved, and the level of security needed. Disaster recovery planning may be developed within an organization or purchased as a software application or a service. It is normally considered 25% of its information technology budget should be on disaster recovery.

Despite the number of very public disasters since 9/11, still only about 50 percent or less of companies report having a disaster recovery plan in place and its functional. It is understood that nearly half have never tested their plan, which is equivalent to not having one at all.

When you caught unaware and your system crashes and your data goes missing, "do not panic". Panic reaction may cause irresolvable damage. Users should keep a clear head and look at what resources are available around them.

Look around for a backup, backup that might be from last week"--which is "better than nothing

I think it is a good practice of taking the distressed device from the bad computer to a completely new computer and install it there, so as to uncover the cause of the system's problem. This will shed light and may become a known situation and solution can be provided.

For most of the organization storing the data is a big problem, they tend to trust the media so much as it has been stable for quite sometime, as it is human to believe that things are fine after sometime, that's the perfect time Murphy's law will kick-in and create a havoc.

Many of the organization are small and turnover are also quite small for them to hire a good IT resource for the job, There is a contrary twist here, you pay peanut you will get monkeys, and the monkey will do some ticks which will satisfy the management, but this monkey will never replace a real human(Real Knowledgeable IT resource). When the trouble starts you will know what I meant by this.

If you are not able to effort a good resource you should hire someone in part-time on a consultation basis, rope him in with good contract terms,(don’t worry about the terms any lawyer will do it for a small sum and it is one time cost) so that your data is safe, a good consultant will help to encrypt the data so that no one will be able to use it in-case it reaches the wrong hand.

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