Protect Your Business. Disasters can take many forms, from acts cyber crime,
to natural disasters such as floods and fires. Having a disaster recovery plan will help minimize business
disruption or a big personal problem.
Have a disaster recovery plan (DRP). With a DRP you will have a completely documented
set of pre-agreed decisions and
procedures which allow you and your team to respond immediately to protect
business resources and employees, safeguard your records and ensure
continued operations.
If your company does not have a disaster recovery plan in place,
the Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA - has a step-by-step approach to emergency planning,
response and recovery for companies of all sizes on the Website:
http://www.fema.gov/library/bizindex.htm.
Some critical Areas to consider in your disaster recover plan:
- Ecommerce processes
- Email communications
- Other customer data
- Sales and sales administration
- Finance/treasury
- R and D activities
- Accounting/reporting
- Strategic and business planning activities
- Internal audit
- Production line
- Production processes
- Human resources management
- Information technology services
- Premises (Head Office and branches)
- Marketing and public relations
- Maintenance and support services
- Quality control mechanisms
- Customer service handling
