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What are the three main aspects of disaster recovery?
What are the three main aspects of disaster recovery?
- Restoration, quick reaction, and ongoing carefulness
- Careful preparation, quick reaction, and restoration (correct)
- Quick reaction, careful preparation, and ongoing carefulness
- Ongoing carefulness, quick reaction, and careful preparation
What is a common challenge faced by organizations during a disaster?
What is a common challenge faced by organizations during a disaster?
- Availability of emergency services
- Unavailability of outside help (correct)
- Availability of outside help
- Availability of public services
What is a worst-case scenario in disaster recovery?
What is a worst-case scenario in disaster recovery?
- A natural disaster that affects only the organization
- A man-made disaster that affects only the community
- A seemingly routine event that quickly spins out of control (correct)
- A disaster that affects only the vendors and suppliers
What is a consequence of widespread disasters?
What is a consequence of widespread disasters?
What is a critical element of the response phase of the DR plan?
What is a critical element of the response phase of the DR plan?
What is the purpose of the recovery phase of the DR plan?
What is the purpose of the recovery phase of the DR plan?
What is the purpose of the resumption phase of the DR plan?
What is the purpose of the resumption phase of the DR plan?
What is the purpose of the restoration phase of the DR plan?
What is the purpose of the restoration phase of the DR plan?
What is the primary focus of the Data Management Team Training?
What is the primary focus of the Data Management Team Training?
What is the main goal of the Vendor Contact Team?
What is the main goal of the Vendor Contact Team?
What is the primary responsibility of the Applications Recovery Team?
What is the primary responsibility of the Applications Recovery Team?
What is the main benefit of the Business Interface Team Training?
What is the main benefit of the Business Interface Team Training?
What is the primary focus of the Damage Assessment and Salvage Team Training?
What is the primary focus of the Damage Assessment and Salvage Team Training?
What is a key requirement for the Applications Recovery Team?
What is a key requirement for the Applications Recovery Team?
What is the primary responsibility of the Vendor Contact Team?
What is the primary responsibility of the Vendor Contact Team?
What is a key aspect of the Data Management Team Training?
What is a key aspect of the Data Management Team Training?
What is the primary responsibility of an Information-dissemination group during an incident response?
What is the primary responsibility of an Information-dissemination group during an incident response?
What is a key aspect of the training for the Computer Recovery (Hardware) Team?
What is a key aspect of the training for the Computer Recovery (Hardware) Team?
What is the primary focus of the Systems Recovery Team Training?
What is the primary focus of the Systems Recovery Team Training?
What is a unique requirement of the Network Recovery Team?
What is a unique requirement of the Network Recovery Team?
What is the primary responsibility of the Storage Recovery Team?
What is the primary responsibility of the Storage Recovery Team?
Why may the Network Recovery Team need vendor interaction?
Why may the Network Recovery Team need vendor interaction?
What is a key aspect of the training for the Systems Recovery Team?
What is a key aspect of the training for the Systems Recovery Team?
Why is it ideal for the Computer Recovery (Hardware) Team to practice and train during normal operations?
Why is it ideal for the Computer Recovery (Hardware) Team to practice and train during normal operations?
What is the primary function of the Logistics Team?
What is the primary function of the Logistics Team?
What is the purpose of the alert roster document?
What is the purpose of the alert roster document?
What is the primary goal of DR plan testing and rehearsal?
What is the primary goal of DR plan testing and rehearsal?
What is the purpose of the help desk representatives in the incident response and disaster recovery team?
What is the purpose of the help desk representatives in the incident response and disaster recovery team?
What is the purpose of logistics team training?
What is the purpose of logistics team training?
What is the purpose of rehearsal in DR plan testing and rehearsal?
What is the purpose of rehearsal in DR plan testing and rehearsal?
What is the purpose of a desk check in DR plan testing and rehearsal?
What is the purpose of a desk check in DR plan testing and rehearsal?
What is the purpose of parallel testing in DR plan testing and rehearsal?
What is the purpose of parallel testing in DR plan testing and rehearsal?
What is a primary goal of a DR plan?
What is a primary goal of a DR plan?
What is the first step in generating a DR scenario?
What is the first step in generating a DR scenario?
What is a key feature of a DR plan?
What is a key feature of a DR plan?
Why is it important to test a DR plan regularly?
Why is it important to test a DR plan regularly?
What is a priority during a disaster response?
What is a priority during a disaster response?
What is the purpose of an employee check-in system?
What is the purpose of an employee check-in system?
What is a key part of mitigating the impact of a disaster?
What is a key part of mitigating the impact of a disaster?
Who may be part of the DR team?
Who may be part of the DR team?
Study Notes
Disaster Recovery Operations and Maintenance
- Organizations face numerous challenges when engaged in DR operations, including widespread disasters affecting departments, communities, and vendors, and the need for quick and critical reaction to restore operations.
- DR plans and procedures are similar to those undertaken for incident response and business continuity actions.
Key Challenges
- Organizations need careful preparation and ongoing carefulness, quick and critical reaction to restore operations, and preparation to promptly reestablish operations at a new permanent location.
- Worst-case scenarios can occur, and emergency services, public services, grocers, and suppliers may be unavailable for days or weeks.
Disaster Recovery Planning as Preparation
- The CP team engages in scenario development and impact analysis, categorizing the threat level of potential disasters and generating DR scenarios that prioritize the safety of people.
- The DR plan's primary goals are to eliminate or reduce potential injuries, loss of human life, damage to facilities, loss of assets and records, and to invoke emergency provisions, stabilize disaster effects, and begin recovery efforts.
- The CP team must test the DR plan regularly to ensure the DR team can lead recovery efforts quickly and efficiently.
Key Features of the DR Plan
- Clear delegation of roles and responsibilities
- Execution of the alert roster and notification of key personnel
- Use of employee check-in systems
- Clear establishment and communication of business resumption priorities
- Complete and timely documentation of the disaster
- Preparations for alternative implementations
- DR team members should know their disaster duties, which may include external groups.
Training and Rehearsal
- Information-dissemination group: responsible for interacting and communicating with the external environment.
- Teams involved in routine rehearsal and testing, including:
- Hardware recovery and reconstitution team
- Systems recovery team
- Network recovery team
- Storage recovery team
- Applications recovery team
- Data management team
- Vendor contact team
- Damage assessment and salvage team
- Business interface team
- Logistics team
DR Plan Testing and Rehearsal
- Testing DR plan elements can overlap with plan training and rehearsal.
- Rehearsal involves practicing steps performed during a disaster, starting small and escalating to larger-scale exercises.
- Testing strategies include desk check, structured walk-through, simulation, parallel testing, full-interruption, and war gaming.
- The alert roster, used in IR and BC planning, and crisis management, must be tested frequently due to continual changes.
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Description
This quiz covers the key concepts of disaster recovery operations and maintenance, including challenges, preparation, response phase, and recovery phase. It's based on the 2nd edition of Principles of Incident Response and Disaster Recovery.
