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During any crisis, proper crisis management should be leveraged and that is a Disaster Recovery Framework
topic for another post. We as business leaders forget at times that to resolve a The Disaster Recovery Framework is
problem, we need to engage our staff. Our staff are humans that must be cared guided by the Business Continuity
for and protected as such during a crisis. The mitigation of the issue becomes Plan and is the actual process to
the focal point, then after it is resolved proper remediation needs to be engaged follow.
to improve the next response to an incident.
The Disaster Recovery Framework
Now on to the framework. Refer to the graphic as a guide. becomes the execution model for
specific Disaster Recover Plans. It is
Business Continuity Plan a structured approach to defining the
The Business Continuity Plan is responsible for business interests as a whole scenarios in both terms of impacted
entity. areas, and execution plans but also
The Business Continuity Plan is the overarching plan to support business the definition of completion.
interests. It covers elements of staff, buildings, communications, and By allowing for a structured approach
stakeholders. The components of the BCP include. to recovery, your organization is
• approach well-positioned to have a consistent,
• team compositions measurable, and successful
• classification of business services recovery from the many different
• physical addresses types of technical disaster recovery
• contact trees declarations.
• stakeholders
• communication plan The goal of the Disaster Recovery
Framework is to confirm what type of
Before you declare a disaster, you refer to the BCP to ensure the executive team scenario has occurred. A scenario
is engaged and an appropriate level of approval has been obtained. could be one or more of the following.

It can be as quick as a phone call or it may involve calling in financial and • Cyberattack
legal teams to confirm the severity of the declaration along with appropriate • Pandemic
messaging. • Weather/Environmental
• Fire
The Business Continuity Plan also refers to business internal and external • No access to business
stakeholders. • Systems failure
• etc.

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