In today’s digital landscape, having an IT disaster recovery plan has never been more crucial. IT disasters come in all shapes and sizes, from painfully slow connection speeds caused by a tech failure, to major outages due to extreme weather. The aim of an IT disaster recovery plan is to ensure you can respond to a disaster effectively, keeping your business running smoothly and staff working efficiently.
What is an IT disaster recovery plan?
An IT disaster recovery plan is the documented process used to execute an organisation’s disaster recovery and protect a business’s IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster. Disaster recovery will allow your business to resume normal operations following an IT disaster by regaining access to data, hardware, software, networking equipment, power and connectivity.
It highlights how work can be resumed quickly and effectively after a disaster, with the overall idea being having a plan that will allow a business to recover enough data and system functionality to operate, even at a minimal level.
What are the advantages of having a plan in place?
Cost Savings
Downtime caused by an IT disaster results in a loss of productivity which ultimately means lost revenue. And this can go one further, damaging a business’s reputation and potentially having an adverse effect on its relationships with clients.
With an effective IT disaster recovery plan in place which outlines the steps that need to be taken to get back online, a business can recover quickly avoiding the costs of lost revenue and potentially damaged client relationships.
Data Security
One of the main pillars that companies are built on is data that is both collected and stored. Whether it’s contact, personal or payment details, clients rely on businesses to keep their information safe and protecting data has to be a top priority.
By highlighting the guidelines for the backup and recovery of data, having a disaster recovery plan in place can help a business avoid the damaging effects of data loss by being able to rescue it in a short space of time.
Network & Asset Management
An IT disaster plan plan will give you greater visibility of your network as a whole. With the thorough process of documenting the network and its intricacies, a business can gain a greater understanding of its network, making it easier to identify problems and repair them quicker.
Not only this, the process of putting together an IT disaster recovery plan usually includes a complete inventory of all your assets into one location. This makes it easier when managing your assets and accounting for them if an unfortunate disaster should occur.
Increased Efficiency
A strong IT disaster recovery plan will detail employee roles and responsibilities should a disaster occur. With staff members up to speed and aware of their specific roles, a business can have peace of mind that in the event of a disaster everyone involved can take the necessary steps to put things right. Meaning increased efficiency and decreased downtime
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