IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies (For Dummies)

If you have a business or a nonprofit organization, or if you’re the one responsible for information systems at such an operation, you know that disaster recovery planning is pretty vital. But it’s easy to put it off. After all, where do you start? IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies shows you how to get started by creating a safety net while you work out the details of your major plan. The right plan will get your business back on track quickly, whether you're hit by a tornado or a disgruntled employee with super hacking powers. Here's how to assess the situation, develop both short-term and long-term plans, and keep your plans updated. This easy-to-understand guide will help you Prepare your systems, processes, and people for an organized response to disaster when it strikes Identify critical IT systems and develop a long-range strategy Select and train your disaster recovery team Conduct a Business Impact Analysis Determine risks to your business from natural or human-made causes Get management support Create appropriate plan documents Test your plan Some disasters get coverage on CNN, and some just create headaches for the affected organization. With IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies, you’ll be prepared for anything from hackers to hurricanes!

If you have a business or a nonprofit organization, or if you're the one responsible for information systems at such an operation, you know that disaster recovery planning is pretty vital. But it's easy to put it off. After all, where do you start?

IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies shows you how to get started by creating a safety net while you work out the details of your major plan. The right plan will get your business back on track quickly, whether you're hit by a tornado or a disgruntled employee with super hacking powers. Here's how to assess the situation, develop both short-term and long-term plans, and keep your plans updated.

This easy-to-understand guide will help you

• Prepare your systems, processes, and people for an organized response to disaster when it strikes
• Identify critical IT systems and develop a long-range strategy
• Select and train your disaster recovery team
• Conduct a Business Impact Analysis
• Determine risks to your business from natural or human-made causes
• Get management support
• Create appropriate plan documents
• Test your plan

Some disasters get coverage on CNN, and some just create headaches for the affected organization. With IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies, you'll be prepared for anything from hackers to hurricanes!

Foreword. Introduction. Part I: Getting Started with Disaster Recovery. Chapter 1: Understanding Disaster Recovery. Chapter 2: Bootstrapping the DR Plan Effort. Chapter 3: Developing and Using a Business Impact Analysis. Part II: Building Technology Recovery Plans. Chapter 4: Mapping Business Functions to Infrastructure. Chapter 5: Planning User Recovery. Chapter 6: Planning Facilities Protection and Recovery. Chapter 7: Planning System and Network Recovery. Chapter 8: Planning Data Recovery. Chapter 9: Writing the Disaster Recovery Plan. Part III: Managing Recovery Plans. Chapter 10: Testing the Recovery Plan. Chapter 11: Keeping DR Plans and Staff Current. Chapter 12: Understanding the Role of Prevention. Chapter 13: Planning for Various Disaster Scenarios. Part IV: The Part of Tens. Chapter 14: Ten Disaster Recovery Planning Tools. Chapter 15: Eleven Disaster Recovery Planning Web Sites. Chapter 16: Ten Essentials for Disaster Planning Success. Chapter 17: Ten Benefits of DR Planning. Index. If you have a business or a nonprofit organization, or if you're the one responsible for information systems at such an operation, you know that disaster recovery planning is pretty vital. But it's easy to put it off. After all, where do you start?__IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies__ shows you how to get started by creating a safety net while you work out the details of your major plan. The right plan will get your business back on track quickly, whether you're hit by a tornado or a disgruntled employee with super hacking powers. Here's how to assess the situation, develop both short-term and long-term plans, and keep your plans updated.This easy-to-understand guide will help you* Prepare your systems, processes, and people for an organized response to disaster when it strikes* Identify critical IT systems and develop a long-range strategy* Select and train your disaster recovery team* Conduct a Business Impact Analysis* Determine... The vision for this book is to provide an easy-to-use and thorough reference that approaches the topic of business continuity and its cousins from a realistic point of view