Disaster Recovery Planning

What You Will Learn

• 1 Learn the foundational concepts of disaster recovery, including key terminology, the relationship between business continuity and disaster recovery, and the organizational context in which recovery planning operates.
• 2 Understand how to conduct a Business Impact Analysis to identify critical functions, assess dependencies, and establish recovery time and recovery point objectives that align with business priorities.
• 3 Apply risk assessment methodologies to identify, evaluate, and prioritize threats that could disrupt operations, and develop risk treatment strategies appropriate to each threat category.
• 4 Develop a comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan document, including scope, roles, communication protocols, recovery procedures, and escalation paths that guide teams through a crisis.
• 5 Explore technology recovery strategies for IT infrastructure, data backup architectures, cloud-based recovery options, and system restoration sequencing to minimize downtime.
• 6 Analyze crisis communication frameworks that ensure accurate, timely information flows to internal teams, external stakeholders, regulators, and the public during a disaster event.
• 7 Implement testing and exercise programs, including tabletop exercises, functional drills, and full-scale simulations, to validate recovery plans and identify gaps before a real event occurs.
• 8 Build vendor and supply chain resilience strategies that address third-party dependencies, contractual recovery obligations, and supplier continuity assessments.
• 9 Understand regulatory and compliance requirements related to disaster recovery across industries such as finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, and align plans with applicable standards.
• 10 Create a continuous improvement program for disaster recovery that incorporates lessons learned, plan maintenance cycles, metrics, and governance structures to sustain long-term organizational resilience.