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Disaster Recovery Planning

Introduction
After a disaster the goal is to maintain the company's critical data as quickly and accurately as possible. When performing disaster recover planning what your really putting together is a plan. Your plan should protect your business records and defines what needs to be done after a disaster occurs. The US Department of Labor estimates that a substantial number of companies who experience a major disaster will fail within 5 years due to not being properly prepared for a disaster.

A first step in analyzing your requirements is to develop a risk survey which focuses on likely treats to critical data.

Key Questions to Ask
Netmation can assist in objectively analyzing your disaster recovery procedures. Some of the questions which will be answered in a report will be:

How often are your record retrieved?

How much does it cost your company to store records on site?

How quickly can you retrieve inactive files?

Does your facility offer safe, secure conditions for storage of valuable documents?

Is your company's most vital information protectected against potential disasters?

How long should you retain information?

Summary
Accidents can and will happen. Money is often not allocated towards creating a fail safe disaster recovery plan. Though it is critical that the following guidelines should be followed no matter how large or small your organization is:

Eliminate risk where possible.
Create portable applications if feasible.
Train staff to control problems to help minimize damage.

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