Security Risk Analysis and Disaster Recovery Plan

Abstract : Security Risk Analysis describes the critical processes procedures and personnel that must be protected in the event of an emergency and using method called Business impact analysis (BIA ) to evaluate risks to the organization and to prioritize the system in use for purposes of recovery . The disaster recovery plan (DRP ) describes the exact steps and procedures personnel in key departments , specifically the IT department , must follow in to recover critical business systems in the event of a disaster that causes the loss of access to systems required for business operations . Security

risk plan and DRP share the common goal of keeping a business running in the event of an emergency or interruptions . They are the formal processes in any business that is concerned about the maintaining its operation in the face of a disaster or interruption that prevents people from gaining access to their place of employment . DRP has its roots in early 1990s when securing IT operations was the focus of most organizations . IT spread to other areas of the organization with dramatic punctuation after the September 11 attack . to implement its drop a company uses outside services like shared-site arrangement , or a third-party vendor to replicate critical data processing services , several of the alternatives are hot-site , cold-site and warm site arrangements regardless of this company has to test the plan thoroughly using one or more of the five testing techniques such as simulation or parallel testing . It is to be noted that a true disaster cannot absolutely be recreated , but a close approximation should reassure employees that their safety is the company 's highest priority and also serve to clarify their responsibilities in the event of a true disaster . One thing that I would like to add here is that according to AbleOne Systems , a high tech consulting firm that Security risk analysis and DRP is used because of the previous observations

Eighty percent of business without a recovery plan can bankrupt within 1 year of a major data loss

Fifty nine percent of companies can-not conduct business during unscheduled IT downtime

Forty percent of companies that cannot conduct business during a major IT outage go out of business within 5 years

Fifty percent of companies in the World Trade Centre went out of business after September 11 , 2001 (Source : www .ableone .com ) Security Risk Analysis and Disaster Recovery Plan is call of the day for survival of any organization

Introduction of Company

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