Disaster Recovery Plan

The Disaster Recovery Plan defines the purpose and scope of the plan and establishes key objectives to ensure business continuity.

Recovery Objectives

The team defines and identifies the Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives.

• Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs): This is the maximum acceptable downtime for critical systems and processes.
• Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs): This is the maximum acceptable data loss for each critical system and process.

Data Backup and Recovery

The team conducts regular data backup procedures to ensure critical data is securely stored and can be recovered.

• Data Backup: The team may use both on-site and off-site backup solutions.
• Data Recovery: The team must establish and follow procedures for restoring data from backups. The team must ensure that data recovery procedures are regularly tested, validated, and updated.
• Frequency and Retention: The team must define the frequency of backups and the retention period for backup data to ensure data availability and compliance with data regulations.

System Redundancy and Resilience

The team must establish system redundancy for critical systems and infrastructure to minimize downtime. The following are the system redundancies that the team may establish: 

• Redundant servers
• Network components
• Power supplies
• Data storage solutions

The team must implement measures to enhance the resilience of critical systems. The following are measures that the team may implement:

• Load balancing
• Failover mechanisms
• Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS)

Incident Management Policy and Breach Notification Procedures

The team strictly follows the guidelines in the Incident Management Policy and Breach Notification Procedures. Please refer to those sections for more detailed information.

Continuous Process Improvement

The team conducts post-incident reviews, creates action items for updating policies, and establishes feedback processes from stakeholders.

• Post-incident review: The team conducts a thorough review to evaluate the response and recovery efforts. This also identifies areas for improvement and implements action items accordingly.
• Action items: The team creates action items to review and update the plan and reflect the findings in other data regulations in place.
• Feedback Process: The team establishes a feedback process to gather input from internal stakeholders, impacted stakeholders, and other parties involved in the incident. This enables the team to create enhancements that align with the needs of stakeholders and comply with data regulations.