White Papers for Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)

Backup Strategies Re-Examined In Wake of Natural Disasters

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Disaster recovery has always been a key concern in virtually all companies. But the widespread damage last year from Hurricane Katrina has companies re-evaluating their planning, procedures and overall systems to make sure they can survive a major outage…The bottom line is that these days, wherever data resides, it must be protected. With this idea as the driving force, companies are looking for new and easier-to-manage ways to safeguard company databases, records and files….When a disaster does strike — be it a fire, a flooded data center or a catastrophic malware attack — companies need to take several steps to reduce downtime and get operations back to normal.Naturally, a restoration plan should be in place before any disaster occurs. In March 2006, due to the renewed attention on disaster recovery in the wake of Katrina, Baseline magazine developed a project planner that lays out a five‑step plan companies should put in place now to prevent catastrophe later.

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