IT Examiner School, Palm Springs, CA

Key Points

• Protect personnel and customers. • Minimize damage to resources. • Resume operations as quickly as possible  in an orderly, preplanned manner.

The primary goals of  disaster recovery and  business continuity  plans are to:

Items identified as critical on the disaster recovery plan  should be consistent with the BIA and risk assessment.

Key Points (continued) • To assess the adequacy and effectiveness of an institution's plan, assess:

Management  Support

Risk Management  Strategies

Business Impact  Analysis

Risk  Monitoring/Testing

Backup Location

Training

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