Disaster Recovery Planning Guide


This guide provides a step-by-step approach to create a disaster recovery plan. It can be used as a template to create a DRP for your organization.


When emergencies or disasters strike, an organization must be well-prepared to quickly and effectively recover and resume operations with the least amount of disruption.

This plan outlines a strategy for responding to an emergency or disaster, provides information essential to continuity of critical business functions, and identifies the resources needed to:

  • Ensure safety of personnel
  • Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
  • Provide timely emergency support
  • Protect assets and vital records
  • Maintain continuity of mission-critical services and support operations

The first step in developing your plan is to define the goals of the plan. For example:

  1. Protect life and health
  2. Protect business assets
  3. Protect organizational reputation

No two emergencies are identical nor are organizations. Therefore, these guidelines and instructions must be adapted to your specific requirements.




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