راهنمای بازیابی از بحران: برنامه‌ای گام‌به‌گام برای تضمین تداوم کسب‌وکار و حفاظت از عملیات، تأسیسات و دارایی‌های حیاتی.

The twenty-first century is an unpredictable place. While you cannot predict or prevent disasters, you can prepare for them with effort and planning.A quick survey of the headlines for any given day in the twenty-first century will highlight global market-affecting disasters such as superstorms, data breaches, pandemics, system failures, and strikes.With the detailed guidance found in the thoroughly updated version of this handbook, your company's survival and the speedy resumption of business is all but assured.In The Disaster Recovery Handbook, you will learn how to proactively:Assess riskCreate and document recovery proceduresAssemble a disaster teamTest and debug thoroughlySafeguard vital records, and more!With The Disaster Recovery Handbook by your side--including the third edition's updates of emerging risks, developments in IT networking, and information security--you can learn how to avoid a great deal of potential trouble for your organization.When unavoidable, unpredictable disasters occur, you will know that you have planned for every contingency and have ensured that your company is responsible, ready, and resilient.

Electrical outages, fires, floods, computer malfunctions, toxic material spills, water main breaks, labor strikes, sabotage. The number of disasters that can shut down your organization is vast, and the likelihood of one striking is inevitable. Even minor setbacks, like a fifteen-minute blackout, can cost you a bundle.

With a focus on practical solutions and an emphasis on getting your operations functional as soon as possible, this all-new edition of The Disaster Recovery Handbook helps you develop a clear, what-to-do-next plan of action for your organization. From assembling your team to analyzing your risk to testing your plan, you’ll learn to minimize damage and quickly recover from any natural or human-made disaster.

Completely revised and updated, The Disaster Recovery Handbook walks you through a multitude of real-life disaster scenarios, pointing out what works and what doesn’t for bringing order to chaotic situations. You’ll learn to implement every key step in a recovery effort, including how to:

• Assemble a disaster reaction team.

• Design a business impact analysis and risk assessment.

• Prepare recovery plans for different scenarios.

• Test and debug every step.

• Pinpoint the best place to locate your emergency operations center.

• Preserve essential data networks.

• Recover from a power outage.

• Retrieve vital records.

• And much more.

Plenty of people have come up with sloppy, hastily prepared disaster plans that languish on a shelf. But your plan won’t. By following the how-to guidelines and ready-to-use forms on the accompanying CD, this sweeping, start-to-finish guide will serve as an essential survival guide for navigating the trials ahead.

Content: CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Getting Started: Overview of the Project CHAPTER 2 Building the Business Case: Measuring the Impact on the Business CHAPTER 3 Evaluating Risk: Understanding What Can Go Wrong CHAPTER 4 Selecting a Strategy: Setting the Direction CHAPTER 5 Build an Interim Plan: Don't Just Sit There, Do Something CHAPTER 6 Writing the Plan: Getting It Down on Paper CHAPTER 7 Administrative Plan: Orchestrating the Recovery CHAPTER 8 Crisis Management Plan: Minimizing the Damage CHAPTER 9 Technical Recovery Plan: Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again CHAPTER 10 Work Area Recovery Plan: Getting the Office Up and Running CHAPTER 11 Pandemic Plan CHAPTER 12 Emergency Operations Center: Take Control of the Situation CHAPTER 13 Testing Your Plans: Test, Test, Test CHAPTER 14 Electrical Service: Keeping the Juice Flowing CHAPTER 15 Telecommunications and Networking: Your Connection to the World CHAPTER 16 Vital Records Recovery: Covering Your Assets CHAPTER 17 Data: Your Most Irreplaceable Asset CHAPTER 18 Workstations: The Weakest Link CHAPTER 19 Customers: Other People to Worry About CHAPTER 20 Suppliers: Collateral Damage CHAPTER 21 Fire: Burning Down the House CHAPTER 22 Human Resources: Your Most Valuable Asset CHAPTER 23 Health and Safety: Keeping Everyone Healthy CHAPTER 24 Terrorism: The Wrath of Man Index About the Authors Disaster preparation isn't a "nice-to-have"; it's an imperative. The Disaster Recovery Handbook is your all-in-one toolkit for surviving any potential danger by building a comprehensive recovery plan that spells out exactly what to do, when, and by whom. With a practical, reality-based focus, the book emphasizes getting critical business functions up and running as quickly as possible, and supplies step-by-step instructions and project management tools for making it happen. You'll find guidelines on how to All-new chapters provide an overview of project management essentials to ensure your plan is a success, guidelines for effective communication in the early stages of a disaster, instructions on writing disaster recovery plans for every vital business function, tips for mitigating the effect of widespread pandemic, and more Katrina, 9/11, and the BP oil spill are the kinds of deep-impact disasters that every company dreads. But even everyday threats--a roof collapsing, a computer network failing, a gas truck toppling over on the highway and shutting down distribution lines--can seriously disrupt operations, sometimes permanently Packed with forms and checklists on the companion CD, helpful "what to do" sidebars, and recommended strategies for specific scenarios, the second edition of The Disaster Recovery Handbook is your one-stop guide for both avoiding potential trouble and recovering quickly when disaster strikes. --Book Jacket No organization is safe without a disaster recovery plan in place. Expanded and up to date, this is the ultimate resource