Disaster Recovery Plan - Business Continuity Plan Template

ISO 27000 ( formerly ISO 17799 ) - Sarbanes-Oxley - HIPAA - PCI-DSS Compliant

This Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) can be used as a Disaster Planning template for any enterprise. The Disaster Recovery template and supporting material have been updated to be Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA compliant.  The Disaster Planning Template comes as a Word document and includes:

• Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Template
• Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire
• Work Plan
• Disaster Planning Audit Program
• Incident (Media) Communication Plan/Policy

Features include:

• Compliance with ISO 27000 ( ISO 27001, ISO 27002, and ISO 27031), Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA standards
• Web Site Disaster Recovery Planning Form
• Department Disaster Recovery Activation Workbook
  • Quick Reference Guide
  • Team Alert List (Form)
  • DRP Team Responsibilities
  • DRP Team Checklist
  • Critical Function(s) Definition
  • Normal Business Hour Response Procedures
  • After Hours Response Procedures
  • DRP Location(s) Definition
  • DRP Recovery Procedures
  • Notification Procedures
  • Notification Call List (Form)
• Updated Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire
• Vendor Disaster Recovery Questionnaire
• Vendor Phone List Form Updated
• Key Customer Notification Form
• Critical Resources to be Retrieved Form
• Business Continuity Off-Site Materials Form

The premium edition contains full multi-page job descriptions for:

• Chief Information Officer
• Chief Security Officer
• Chief Compliance Officer
• VP Strategy and Architecture
• Director Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
• Director e-Commerce
• Director Media Communications
• Manager Disaster Recovery
• Manager Disaster Recovery and Business ContinuityDisaster Recovery Coordinator
• Disaster Recovery - Special Projects Supervisor
• Manager Database
• Capacity Planning Supervisor
• Manager Media Library Support
• Manager Site Management; and
• Pandemic Coordinator

The DRP template is over 200 pages and includes everything needed to customize the Disaster Recovery Plan to fit your specific requirement.  The electronic document includes proven written text and examples for the following major sections of a disaster recovery plan:

• Plan Introduction
• Business Impact Analysis - including a sample impact matrix
• DRP Organization Responsibilities pre and post disaster - drp checklist
• Backup Strategy for Data Centers, Departmental File Servers, Wireless Network servers, Data at Outsourced Sites, Desktops (In office and "at home"), Laptops and PDA's.
• Recovery Strategy including approach, escalation plan process and decision points
• Disaster Recovery Procedures in a check list format
• Plan Administration Process
• Technical Appendix including definition of necessary phone numbers and contact points
• Job Description for Disaster Recovery Manager (3 pages long) - entire disaster recovery team job descriptions are available.
• Work Plan to modify and implement the template.  Included is a list of deliverables for each task. (Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Assessment)

There is a extensive section that show how a full test of the DRP can be conducted.  It includes

• Disaster Recovery Manager Responsibilities
• Distribution of the Disaster Recovery Plan
• Maintenance of the Business Impact Analysis
• Training of the Disaster Recovery Team
• Testing of the Disaster Recovery Plan
• Evaluation of the Disaster Recovery Plan Tests
• Maintenance of the Disaster Recovery Plan

Click on the link below to get the DRP/BC sample pages now and make it a part of your disaster recovery toolkit.