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by daonlygurl

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What are the possible threats to disasters and how long could the organization function in the case of a disaster?
If the disaster was in such magnitude that the organisation would cease to operate, how long could such a state exit before the business was in serious trouble?
If you aim to have your business back in operation withing 7 days, what resourses do you require to achieve this?
If the money to provide replacement is coming from a insurance company, do they provide the response time you need?
If you insurance policy does not cover all the risks or provide appropriate coverage for your systems, what other agreements must you consider?
What kind of infrastructure, buildings and communications equipment will you need in order to resume businnesse and how easy will it be to access?

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by gario

First Disasters are either man made or Natural and depending on where your company is located can make a difference, i.e. Hurricane/Tornado areas, large cities with civil unrest, etc. You have to plan accordingly and to start with would need to accomplish a Business Impact Analysis for each department. This would give you an idea on how long your company can survive without its infrastructure. I recommend checking out companies that provide Disaster Recovery services such as SunGuard or ComDisco. These sites can provide both Telecommunication and Computer (Mainframe, Servers, Workstation) backupHot Sites. In addition these companies also have Mobile solutions to ease the transition from Hot Site back to your facilities once repaired. If your business relies on it systems, that they are in fact critical to conduct business, then immediately formulate a Business Interruption and Recovery Plan.

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