Disaster Recovery Plan Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Disaster Recovery Plan?
A
A documented process to recover and protect a business IT infrastructure
2
Q
What are the Three locations to find a Disaster Recovery Plan?
A
- Paper Copy
- Company Intranet
- With a Systems Manager or IT Director
3
Q
Disaster Recovery Plan roles
A
- Risk assessment
- Business impact analysis (also known as BIA)
- Business continuity and recovery strategy
- Business process priorities
- Roles and responsibilities of staff members
- Test plan
4
Q
What is a Paper Test?
A
Reading and annotating the DRP
5
Q
What is a Walkthrough Test?
A
Staff Walkthrough the DRP processes
6
Q
What is a Simulation Test?
A
Simulating a disaster to see if it is ready for a “real” disaster
7
Q
What is a Parallel Test?
A
Testing a recovery system to see if it can perform the necessary actions
8
Q
What is a Cutover Test?
A
Recovery systems are built to hold the full production load
