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April 18, 2007 Planning Your Next Disaster Structuring A Successful BC/DR Implementation And Avoiding The Pitfalls by Rudiger Krojnewski, Bill Nagel with Stephanie Balaouras

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Executive Summary

Firms recognize that, for various reasons, they have to build or rebuild their disaster recovery and business continuity (BC/DR) plan and implementation. From the very beginning of this crucial undertaking, companies must consider how to: determine their needs; correlate these needs with available technologies; identify current operational gaps; and build processes and technology solutions that fit with requirements, budgets, architecture, and timelines. After this initial evaluation, the actual process of implementing the BC/DR plan and handing it over to production presents a number of potential pitfalls that firms must consider — ideally from day one — and avoid.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Disaster Recovery Readiness Deserves Care, Feeding, And Attention
• Identify Requirements Via Assessments And Analysis
• Secure The Appropriate Budget — And Measure How It's Used
• Build An Organization That Will Live BC/DR Every Day
• Trust, But Verify: Ensure That Your BC/DR Will Actually Work

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