Disaster Recovery Plan

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The objective of a Recovery Strategy is to identify and

compare the recovery times with the times in which the
recovered information will be updated and
synchronized with the business after a contingency.
Different types of disasters may have different types of
Recovery recovery strategies depending on their severity.
Strategy
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In a full disaster situation it is important to design an alternate

work location including work spaces for the Company staff, as well
as for its technology.
This alternate location will be used to recover the operation of the
critical units of the business in the specified timelines for that.
Recovery
The following factors need to be calculated and planned for
Strategy beforehand:
 Recovery Times and Maximum Tolerance of the Business Units.
 Technological Infrastructure needed
 Vital records
 Minimum Operational requirements
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Recovery Options.
 Do Nothing
 Differ Any Actions
 Manual procedures
 Reciprocal Agreements
 Alternate Locations
Recovery  Alternate Source of Products/Materials
Strategy
Most Common Recovery Options
 Multiple Locations (Hot Site / Warm Site / Cold Site)
 Services provided by third parties
 Reciprocal Agreements
 Distributed processing
 Alternate Communication services
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A Recovery Committee is integrated by critical personnel of the

Organization and their backups, which perform interrelated
activities towards a common objective:

RECOVER THE OPERATION OF THE

ORGANIZATION IN THE SHORTEST
Recovery POSSIBLE TIME.
Committees And face a disaster in an Organized Responsible Way.
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The Recovery Committee is composed of representatives of the

following Groups:
1. Emergency Response Group.
2. DRP Coordinator
Recovery 3. Damage Evaluation Group
Committees 4. Crisis Management Group
5. IS and IT Groups
6. Crisis Communication Group
7. Administration and HR Group
8. Recovery Group by Business Unit or Department
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3.5    Disaster Recovery Plan

DRP Methodology