Get back to basics on the critical elements every business needs in their disaster recovery plan before catastrophe strikes. We detail the key considerations around infrastructure, RTOs/RPOs, documentation, testing, automation, and more required for restoring systems after ransomware, natural disasters, or other data crises.
Along with the fundamentals, we share hard-learned lessons from decades of DR planning experience on why requirements gathering, keeping plans accessible, and frequent testing are so imperative. Ever gotten a middle-of-the-night DR test call in your wife's hospital room? Curtis has a funny story illustrating why upfront stakeholder alignment matters.
Key topics covered:
* Starting DR from scratch - why you may not have your existing servers
* Protecting recovered environments - don't stop at just data restore
* Understanding interdependencies across systems and staff availability
* Advice on increasing automation and leveraging cloud for greater resilience
* The fragility of recovery dependencies even with good backups
* Tips for affordable and regular DR testing
Learn what separates DR-prepared businesses from those caught off-guard after outages. The steps outlined could mean the difference between a minor disruption or permanently closing shop after the next unavoidable breach, flood, quake, or other black swan event. Now is the time to develop and test your gameplan!
