Disaster Recovery

1. Disaster Recovery or DR is the ability of an organization to provide critical Information Technology (IT) and telecommunications capabilities and services, after it is disrupted by an incident, emergency or disaster. BL-DR-5 Click to know more Disaster Recovery Professional Training and Certification Notes (1): DR recovers the disrupted IT and telecommunications capabilities to ensure CBFs can continue within a minimum period of time, pre-determined by the organization, to planned levels of operations. Notes (2):DR is the preparing for recovery and the continuation of vital technology infrastructure after the occurrence of a disaster Similar Term: Disaster Recovery Planning. Disaster Recovery Plan. Related Term: Cloud Deployment Model, Cloud Service Model, Data Protection/Recovery Strategy, DRaaS, Recovery as a Service. BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 0: BCM Fundamentals CL 1B: Foundation (BC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 0: BCM Fundamentals CL 1C: Foundation (CM) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 0: BCM Fundamentals CL 1CC: Foundation (CC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 0: BCM Fundamentals CL 1D: Foundation (DR) OR Body of Knowledge OR Competency Level OR BoK 1: P1 Plan CL 1OR: Foundation (OR) OR Body of Knowledge OR Competency Level OR BoK 1: P1 Plan CL 1ORA: Foundation (ORA) Click to know more about expert level training (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. The Information Technology (IT) and telecommunications channels of an organization can be disrupted by an incident, emergency or disaster and affects its ability to provide critical business functions for some predetermined minimum period of time. Disaster recovery recovers the disrupted IT and telecommunications capabilities to ensure critical business functions can continue within planned levels of disruption.

A Manager’s Guide to Implementing Your IT Disaster Recovery Plan

(Source: Singapore Standard 540 - SS 540:2008)

3. See: Information Technology Disaster Recovery (ITDR).

(Source: Business Continuity Institute - BCI)

4. Activities and programs designed to return the entity to an acceptable condition. 1) The ability to respond to an interruption in services by implementing a disaster recovery plan to restore an organization's critical business functions.

(Source: Disaster Recovery Institute International / Disaster Recovery Journal - DRII/DRJ)

5. A plan for duplicating computer operations after a catastrophe occurs, such as a fire or earthquake. It includes routine off-site backup as well as a procedure for activating vital information systems in a new location.

(Source: ZDNet Definition for Disaster Recovery [1])

6. Immediate intervention taken by an organization to minimize further losses brought on by a disaster and to begin the process of recovery, including activities and programs designed to restore critical business functions and return the organization to an acceptable condition.

(Source: ASIS International - ASIS International)

7. Disaster Recovery refers to an IT-focused plan designed to restore operability of the target system, application, or computer facility at an alternate site after an emergency. The scope may overlap that of an IT Service Continuity Plan; however, the DR Plan is narrower in scope and does not address Business Impact Analysis. Also referred to as IT Disaster Recovery.

(Source: NIST SP 800-34)

(Source: ENISA - the European Network and Information Security Agency. BCM & Resilience Glossary)