Disaster Recovery
Commonwealth Business Travel Group
San Jose, CA
Jan. 29, 2010
In this session we will discuss
Are we prepared?
 What is Disaster Recovery
 Business Risks and Their impact
 Inventory
 Structure of Recovery
 Resources to create a plan
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What is Disaster Recovery?
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Disaster Recovery is simply planning
ahead to avoid problems, and being
prepared in the event a problem occurs.
Why do I need a plan?
According to Gartner Group, a major
marketing firm, fifty five percent of all
businesses fail after experiencing a
major disruption.
 Lack of planning can cause a business
to lose a majority of its customers.
 Businesses are more likely to recover if
they have a plan.
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Are we prepared for the
unexpected?
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Only 4 of the fourteen agencies that
responded have a Disaster Recovery
Plan
Business Risks-What Are They?
Business risks come in all shapes, sizes
and impacts.
 Not all risks are probable to occur in all
areas of the country or world.
 To defend against risk, you need to
perform actions that reduce the impact of
risk.
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3 Types of risks
Risks that affect physical facilities
 Risks that affect health, safety of the
general public
 Risks that affect your business
operations
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Some risk examples
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Natural Disasters
earthquakes,
tornados, hurricanes,
 Power outages
 Biological Hazards
 Blackouts
 Blizzards
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Weapons of mass
Disruption
Transportation
Disruptions
Civil Unrest
Computer Failure
Computer Viruses
Business Impact Analysis
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The first step and most important step to
surviving an unexpected shutdown is to
do a study on what risks can occur to
your business, determine the probability
of those risks actually occurring and to
understand the degree of potential loss
that could occur.
Have you tested your BCP
Resources
http://disaster-resource.com/index.htm
Great resource for descriptions of Business Continuity, examples, Resources & Organizations
http://www.rothstein.com/data/dr119.htm
Disaster Recovery Catalog on Disaster Recovery (vendor specific)
http://www.disaster-resource.com/content_page/marketplace.shtml
Disaster Resources – Numerous products of interest, ideas needing to think about for DR & BCP
and links to numerous of these service assisting towards recovery purposes.
http://emergencymanagement.wi.gov/
State specific assistance for Emergency Management associated with disaster (this one is
Wisconsin specific)
http://domino.aig.com/dbs/csweb.nsf/DisplayContent/Emergency%20Readiness%20Home?opendocu
ment
AIG Corporate Security – AIG specific discussions that go into Emergency Readiness, Resources
available for further information, Fire & Life Safety & numerous security items.
http://www.rothstein.com/links/rothstein_recommended40.html
Emergency Preparedness for Disabilities resource links