Practice Areas

Contingency Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning

Organizations rely on continuous availability of their essential assets - people, property and information. The growing dependence of businesses on technology makes this a focus area for business protection. A comprehensive contingency plan needs to consider not only the risks posed by a physical lack of business information, but also the issues of confidentiality and information integrity. Plans need to consider what can be done to minimize the impact such a disaster or security breach may have.

The Contingency Planning and Disaster Recovery consulting services help client assess the risks to the computing environments and prepare a contingency plan. It helps identify potential threats to their organization (caused by floods, fires, power failures, sprinkler and air conditioning malfunctions, earthquakes, vandalism, theft, etc.) as well as projecting the costs of their consequences. Our services assist customers in defining clear objectives and making informed decisions about contingency planning and disaster recovery.

Features

Evaluate the specific risks faced by the business due to location, nature of business, etc.
Establish the impact which the assessed risks would have on key business activities
Define preventative measures, policies, operations procedures and tools to reduce the risk
Define contingency measures, overall recovery strategies, and the conviguration of any backup platforms
Create a recovery plan, identifying the key contributors and their responsibilities
Advise on testing procedures for the contingency plan, test the plans for realism and practicality
Initiate review process so that the plan is maintained, regularly tested and remains relevant

Benefits

An immediate understanding of the scope and implications of any plan
Practical peer-to peer advice from practitioners in operations management
Builds awareness and understanding from business managers of what is involved
Plan is designed with the customer team playing an active role, thereby developing the customer’s understanding of critical risks, avoidance measures and contingency implications
Professionally customized solution provides a designed plan, tested and revised, which gives complete peace of mind and leaves the customer free to concentrate on core business

Deliverables

Review of existing contingency plan
Objective review of building and environmental risks
Analysis of the impact an outage would have on the customer's business
A detailed plan on the recovery process after a catastrophic failure
Knowledge transfer to customer's security and operations staff