IT Disaster Recovery Plan Template

This document delineates our policies and procedures for technology disaster recovery, as well as our process-level plans for recovering critical technology platforms and the telecommunications infrastructure. This document summarizes our recommended procedures. In the event of an actual emergency situation, modifications to this document may be made to ensure the physical safety of our people, our systems, and our data.
Our mission is to ensure information system uptime, data integrity and availability, local/remote access to information systems and services, and business continuity.

Policy Statement

Corporate management has approved the following policy statement:

• The company shall develop a comprehensive IT disaster recovery plan.
• A formal risk assessment shall be undertaken to determine the requirements for the disaster recovery plan.
• The disaster recovery plan should cover all essential and critical infrastructure elements, systems and
  networks, in accordance with key business activities.
• The disaster recovery plan should be periodically tested in a simulated environment to ensure that it can be
  implemented in emergency situations and that the management and staff understand how it is to be
  executed.
• All staff must be made aware of the disaster recovery plan and their own respective roles.
• The disaster recovery plan is to be kept up to date to account for changing circumstances.

Objectives

The principal objective of the disaster recovery program is to develop, test and document a well-structured and
easily understood plan that will help the company recover as quickly and effectively as possible from an
unforeseen disaster or emergency that interrupts information systems and business operations. Additional
objectives include ensuring the following:

• all employees must fully understand their duties in implementing the plan;
• operational policies are adhered to within all planned activities;
• the proposed contingency arrangements are cost-effective, and management must consider implications on other company sites.

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