There's not much you can do to prevent many disasters. Exposures range all the way from catastrophic earthquakes or hurricanes to relatively common problems like a fried motherboard or crashed hard drive. Though you can never prevent those types of things from happening, you can take measures to protect yourself from the resulting damage when it comes to your website.
The web presents interesting challenges with regards to disaster recovery. The virtual nature of the web means that many regional phenomena that will affect you where you live may have no effect on your website. The flipside though is that is that you can be running a website out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but have an earthquake in California take down your website because that's where your hosting company has its data centers.
When you combine these issues with the fact that digital media tend to be far more fragile when compared to traditional paper documents. I'm sure you can appreciate why we need a different kind of disaster recovery plan than a traditional bricks and mortar operation.
A website is composed of three parts.
Components needed in order for users to view the website
Tools are needed to maintain the website and
Tools need for new development of website
Janco's template address all of these issues.
But the critical point is that neither element can be ignored, and physical, IT and human resources plans cannot be developed in isolation from each other. (In this regard, Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery has much in common with security convergence.) At its heart, Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery is about constant communication.
Janco's Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is that tool which can be used as a Disaster Planning template for any size of enterprise. The Template and supporting material have been updated to be Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA compliant. The template comes as both a Word document and a static fully indexed PDF document. The DRP/BCP Template includes:
Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Template (WORD and PDF)
Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire
Work Plan
Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Audit Program
Pandemic Planning Checklist
Incident Communication Plan and Policy
Electronic forms that facilitiate the creation and mainenenace of the plan
Preparation for Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity in light of SOX has two primary parts. The first is putting systems in place to completely protect all financial and other data required to meet the reporting regulations and to archive the data to meet future requests for clarification of those reports. The second is to clearly and expressly document all these procedures so that in the event of a SOX audit, the auditors clearly see that the DRP exists and will appropriately protect the data.
The Disaster Recovery - Business Continuity Template can be acquired in the following ways:
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Standard Edition
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program - Compliant with ISO 27031 and ISO 22301
Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description
Manager Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Job Description
Application Inventory and Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
Incident Communication Plan and Policy with BEST PRACTICES for
News Conferences
Media Relations
Social Network Checklist
Included with the template are Electronic Forms which have been designed to lower the cost of maintenance of the plan. Electronic Forms that can be eMailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
LAN Inventory
Location Contact Numbers
Off-Site Inventory
Personnel Locations
Plan Distribution
Remote Location Contact Information
Team Call List
Vendor Contact Information
Added Bonus - Safety Program Electronic Forms
Area Safety Inspection
Employee Job Hazard Analysis
First Report of Injury
Inspection Checklist – Alternative Locations
Inspection Checklist – Office Locations
New Employee Safety Checklist
Safety Program Contact List
Training Record
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Premium Edition
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template
15 Job Descriptions (WORD)
Chief Information Officer - CIO, Chief Security Officer - CSO, Chief Compliance Officer - CCO, VP Strategy and Architecture, Director Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Director e-Commerce, Director Media Communications, Manager Disaster Recovery, Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Coordinator, Disaster Recovery - Special Projects Supervisor, Manager Database, Capacity Planning Supervisor, Manager Media Library Support, Manager Site Management, and Pandemic Coordinator
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Gold Edition
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template
243 IT Job Descriptions including all of the job descriptions contained in the Premium edition
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Standard
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template
Security Manual Template
"Best of Breed - Best Practices Disaster Recovery Planning / Business Continuity Planning and Security Policies" according to the IT Productivity Center
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Premium
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template
Security Manual Template
25 Job Descriptions
Chief Information Officer - CIO; Chief Compliance Officer - CCO; Chief Security Officer - CSO;VP Strategy and Architecture; Director e-Commerce; Database Administrator; Data Security Administrator; Manager Data Security; Manager Database; Manager Disaster Recovery; Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity; Pandemic Coordinator; Manager Facilities and Equipment; Manager Media Library Support; Manager Network and Computing Services; Manager Network Services; Manager Site Management; Manager Training and Documentation; Manager Voice and Data Communication; Manager Wireless Systems;Capacity Planning Supervisor; Disaster Recovery Coordinator; Disaster Recovery - Special Projects Supervisor; Network Security Analyst; System Administrator - Unix; System Administrator - Windows
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Gold
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template
Security Manual Template
243 Job Descriptions which includes all of the job descriptions in the premium edition
"Best of Breed - Best Practices Disaster Recovery Planning / Business Continuity Planning, Security Policies, IT Job Descriptions" according to the IT Productivity Center