Most SMBs claim to have a Disaster Preparedness Plan. But … almost none are tested. Does your business have a tested plan?

Ensuring that sensitive information, such as customer or financial records, not only remain protected during a crisis, but are also accessible following a crisis, is critical to a well organized disaster recovery plan. All organizations should have a viable and tested data protection strategy.

Here are 5 steps to successful disaster recovery planning:

1) Devise a disaster recovery plan.

2) Define what is important to keep the business running and the “recovery time objective”; that is how quickly the company needs to be up and running post-disaster.

3) Determine who declares the disaster, how employees are informed of a disaster and the best method to reassure customers of the company’s continued ability to service them.

4) Test the disaster recovery plan. Determine the effectiveness of the disaster recovery plan via rigorous testing that is carried out one or more times per year in simulated realistic conditions.

5) Perform off-site data backup and storage.

You might think you’re being safe, but web threats, employee behavior, data protection and now the “Cloud” present daunting challenges for any business. Currently, the most prevalent threat to corporate security is lack of understanding the complexity of security and compliance issues, how to identify vulnerabilities and how to implement effective security policies and tools that can be managed.

RevITup TechEd™ Lunch & Learn Webinar Series

Who Let the Cloud In? Time to Up Your Business’s Security IQ
10 Essential Internet-Critical Strategies for Securing Your Business, Protecting Data and Meeting Compliance

Date: Thursday, Sept 30th, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM