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Disaster Recovery Facilities Operations
How to plan for the worst possible disaster recovery scenarios
Your worst-case DR scenario today might be vastly different than it was just a few years ago. What's the worst that could happen to your data center in the event of a disaster? Continue Reading
Disaster recovery planning checklist: Put your team to the test
With all of the planning that disaster recovery takes, it's easy to overlook the basics. Ensure that your DR team isn't skipping over internal issues, like staffing and security. Continue Reading
BC/DR plan template: How to prepare for an active shooter event
A standard BC/DR template typically covers weather, equipment failures and fires. In recent years, more organizations are naming active shooting scenarios as a BC/DR concern. Continue Reading
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warm site
A warm site is a type of facility an organization uses to recover its technology infrastructure when its primary data center goes down. Continue Reading
disaster recovery (DR) test
A disaster recovery test (DR test) is the examination of each step in a disaster recovery plan as outlined in an organization's business continuity/disaster recovery (BCDR) planning process. Continue Reading
How to create an emergency phone tree and template
When disaster strikes an organization, employees must be alerted. Using a call tree in emergency situations is a time-tested way to effectively communicate events and next steps.Continue Reading
Developing an emergency communications plan: A template for business continuity planners
Effectively communicating information in a crisis is an important part of business continuity planning. Get the steps to follow in our emergency communication plan template.Continue Reading
Incident management planning and response are not synonymous
When it comes to disaster preparedness, incident response is just one aspect of an incident management plan that should cover training, funding and administrative tasks.Continue Reading
virtual disaster recovery
Virtual disaster recovery is a type of DR that typically involves replication and allows a user to fail over to virtualized workloads.Continue Reading
Using a business impact analysis template: A free BIA template and guide
If you need to perform a business impact analysis, this guide and our free, downloadable BIA template will assist you in your business continuity planning.Continue Reading
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natural disaster recovery
Natural disaster recovery is the process of recovering data and resuming business operations following a natural disaster.Continue Reading
A free business continuity plan template and guide
A business continuity plan is critical for an organization when an unplanned event occurs. Follow this template and BC planning guidelines to get on the right path to resilience.Continue Reading
Data center disaster recovery plan template and guide
Read our guide on data center DR planning, and then download our free template to assess how your data center facility and its infrastructure would perform during a disaster.Continue Reading
call tree
A call tree -- sometimes referred to as a phone tree -- is a telecommunications chain for notifying specific individuals of an event.Continue Reading
mass notification system (MNS)
A mass notification system is a platform that sends one-way messages to inform employees and the public of an emergency.Continue Reading