Gregory IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-05063-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

If you have a business or a nonprofit organization, or ifyou're the one responsible for information systems at such anoperation, you know that disaster recovery planning is prettyvital. But it's easy to put it off. After all, where do youstart?
IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies shows you howto get started by creating a safety net while you work out thedetails of your major plan. The right plan will get your businessback on track quickly, whether you're hit by a tornado or adisgruntled employee with super hacking powers. Here's how toassess the situation, develop both short-term and long-term plans,and keep your plans updated.
This easy-to-understand guide will help you
* Prepare your systems, processes, and people for an organizedresponse to disaster when it strikes
* Identify critical IT systems and develop a long-rangestrategy
* Select and train your disaster recovery team
* Conduct a Business Impact Analysis
* Determine risks to your business from natural or human-madecauses
* Get management support
* Create appropriate plan documents
* Test your plan
Some disasters get coverage on CNN, and some just createheadaches for the affected organization. With IT DisasterRecovery Planning For Dummies, you'll be prepared foranything from hackers to hurricanes!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gregory, Peter H.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Rothstein, Philip Jan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xix
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Disaster Recovery 7
Chapter 1: Understanding Disaster Recovery 9
Chapter 2: Bootstrapping the DR Plan Effort 29
Chapter 3: Developing and Using a Business Impact Analysis 51
Part II: Building Technology Recovery Plans 75
Chapter 4: Mapping Business Functions to Infrastructure 77
Chapter 5: Planning User Recovery 97
Chapter 6: Planning Facilities Protection and Recovery129
Chapter 7: Planning System and Network Recovery 153
Chapter 8: Planning Data Recovery 173
Chapter 9: Writing the Disaster Recovery Plan 197
Part III: Managing Recovery Plans 215
Chapter 10: Testing the Recovery Plan 217
Chapter 11: Keeping DR Plans and Staff Current241
Chapter 12: Understanding the Role of Prevention 263
Chapter 13: Planning for Various Disaster Scenarios 285
Part IV: The Part of Tens 305
Chapter 14: Ten Disaster Recovery Planning Tools307
Chapter 15: Eleven Disaster Recovery Planning Web Sites 315
Chapter 16: Ten Essentials for Disaster Planning Success323
Chapter 17: Ten Benefits of DR Planning331
Index 3

Über Autor(innen)

Peter H. Gregory, CISA, CISSP, is the author of fifteenbooks on security and technology, including Solaris Security(Prentice Hall), Computer Viruses For Dummies (Wiley),Blocking Spam and Spyware For Dummies (Wiley), andSecuring the Vista Environment (O'Reilly).
Peter is a security strategist at a publicly-traded financialmanagement software company located in Redmond, Washington. Priorto taking this position, he held tactical and strategic securitypositions in large wireless telecommunications organizations. Hehas also held development and operations positions in casinomanagement systems, banking, government, non-profit organizations,and academia since the late 1970s.
He's on the board of advisors for the NSA-certifiedCertificate program in Information Assurance & Cybersecurity atthe University of Washington, and he's a member of the boardof directors of the Evergreen State Chapter of InfraGard.