Realizing the need for backups - Making a plan
- Practicing disaster recovery
- Remembering tape rotation and other details
Assessing Different Types of Disasters
Environmental Disasters:
- Environmental disasters are what most people think of first when they think of disaster recovery. Some types of environmental disasters are regional. Others can happen pretty much anywhere.
- Fire is probably the first disaster that most people think of when they consider disaster planning.
- Weather disasters can cause major disruption to your business.
- Flooding can wreak havoc with electrical equipment, such as computers.
- Lightning storms can cause electrical damage to your computer and other electronic equipment if lightning strikes your building or causes surges in the local power supply.
Deliberate Disasters:
Some disasters are the result of deliberate actions by others. For example:
- Vandalism or arson may damage or destroy your facilities or your computer systems.
- Theft is always a possibility.
- Sabotage.
- Terrorism.
Disruption of Services:
You may not realize just how much your business depends on the delivery of services and utilities. A business continuity plan should take into consideration how you will deal with the loss of certain services.
- Electrical power is crucial for computers and other types of equipment.
- Communication connections can be disrupted by many causes.
- An interruption in the water supply.
Equipment Failure:
Modern companies depend on many different types of equipment for their daily operations. The failure of any of these key systems can disrupt business until the systems are re-established.
- Computer equipment failure can obviously affect business operations.
- Air-conditioning systems are crucial to regulate temperatures, especially in computer rooms.
- Elevators, automatic doors and other equipment may also be necessary to your business.
Other Disasters:
You should assess many other potential disasters. Here are just a few:
- Labour disputes.
- Loss of key staff due to resignation, injury, sickness or death.
- Workplace violence.
- Public health issues, such as epidemics, mould infestations, and so on.
- Loss of key supplier.
- Nearby disaster, such as a fire or police action across the street.
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