Disaster Recovery - Step Four

Test, Test, Test

Once your DRP is set, test it frequently. Eventually will perform a component-level restoration of your largest databases to get a realistic assessment of your recovery procedure, but a periodic walk-through of the procedure with the Recovery Team will assure that everyone knows their roles. Test the systems you're going to use in recovery regularly to validate that all the pieces work. We always record your test results and update the DRP to address any shortcomings.

As your business environment changes, so should your DRP. We will reexamine the plan every year on a high level: Do we still need every part of the plan? Do we need to add to it? Will the budget need to be adjusted to accommodate changes to the plan? As applications, hardware, and software are added to your network, they must be brought into the plan. New employees must be trained on recovery procedures. New threats to business seem to pop up every week and a sound DRP takes all of them into account.