Disaster Recovery Planning

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the triggering events for disaster recovery planning.
• Specify the roles of the parties identified in a disaster recovery plan.
• Identify how the scope should be set for a disaster recovery plan.
• Specify the nature of the recovery time objective and recovery point objective.
• Identify the different tranches of risk types.
• Recall the risk evaluation information that can be obtained from federal agencies.
• Specify the purpose of a recovery strategy.
• Specify which assets should be included on an asset identification list.
• Specify why spare parts storage should be centralized.
• Recall the type of user for which a disaster recovery plan should be written.
• Recall the tools that can accompany the different types of recovery plans.
• Specify the different recovery options for a work space.
• Recall how to distribute a disaster recovery plan to targeted recipients.
• Recall who needs to be kept informed about a disaster.
• Recall how and where an emergency operations center should be set up and configured.
• Specify the assumptions underlying an IT recovery plan.
• Identify the requirements for a proper recovery plan testing strategy.
• Recall how various company policies can be adjusted to align with company needs in a disaster.
• Specify the information that should be shared with customers during an emergency.
• Recall how to identify critical business records for extraction during an emergency.
• Recall the storage protocols for business records.
• Specify the types of fires on which various types of fire extinguishers should be used.