<s>
Given	O
organizations	O
 '	O
increasing	O
dependency	O
on	O
information	O
technology	O
to	O
run	O
their	O
operations	O
,	O
Business	O
continuity	O
planning	O
covers	O
the	O
entire	O
organization	O
,	O
and	O
Disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
focuses	O
on	O
IT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auditing	O
of	O
documents	O
covering	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
business	O
continuity	O
and	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
plans	I-General_Concept
provides	O
a	O
third-party	O
validation	O
to	O
stakeholders	O
that	O
the	O
documentation	O
is	O
complete	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
contain	O
material	O
misrepresentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
used	O
together	O
,	O
the	O
terms	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Continuity	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
Disaster	I-General_Concept
Recovery	I-General_Concept
are	O
very	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minimizing	O
downtime	O
and	O
data	O
loss	O
during	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
is	O
measured	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
two	O
concepts	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
more	O
than	O
one	O
individual	O
is	O
trained	O
and	O
capable	O
of	O
doing	O
a	O
particular	O
function	O
during	O
the	O
Disaster	B-General_Concept
Recovery	I-General_Concept
exercise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
maximize	O
their	O
effectiveness	O
,	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
plans	I-General_Concept
are	O
most	O
effective	O
when	O
updated	O
frequently	O
,	O
and	O
should	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
execute	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
processes	O
and	O
recover	O
and	O
protect	O
a	O
business	O
IT	O
infrastructure	O
in	O
the	O
event	O
of	O
a	O
disaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
business	O
continuity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Incident	O
Management	O
Plan	O
(	O
IMP	O
)	O
does	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
IT	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
but	O
since	O
it	O
establishes	O
structure	O
and	O
procedures	O
to	O
address	O
cyber	O
attacks	O
against	O
an	O
organization	O
’s	O
IT	O
systems	O
,	O
it	O
generally	O
does	O
not	O
represent	O
an	O
agent	O
for	O
activating	O
the	O
Disaster	B-General_Concept
Recovery	I-General_Concept
Plan	I-General_Concept
,	O
leaving	O
The	O
Disaster	B-General_Concept
Recovery	I-General_Concept
Plan	I-General_Concept
as	O
the	O
only	O
BCP	O
component	O
of	O
interest	O
to	O
IT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Geoffrey	O
H	O
.	O
Wold	O
of	O
the	O
Disaster	B-General_Concept
Recovery	I-General_Concept
Journal	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
process	O
involved	O
in	O
developing	O
a	O
Disaster	B-General_Concept
Recovery	I-General_Concept
Plan	I-General_Concept
consists	O
of	O
10	O
steps	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
agreements	O
for	O
alternatives	O
selected	O
are	O
prepared	O
,	O
with	O
details	O
specifying	O
duration	O
,	O
termination	O
conditions	O
,	O
system	O
testing	O
,	O
cost	O
,	O
any	O
special	O
security	O
procedures	O
,	O
procedure	O
for	O
the	O
notification	O
of	O
system	O
changes	O
,	O
hours	O
of	O
operation	O
,	O
the	O
specific	O
hardware	O
and	O
other	O
equipment	O
required	O
for	O
processing	O
,	O
personnel	O
requirements	O
,	O
definition	O
of	O
the	O
circumstances	O
constituting	O
an	O
emergency	O
,	O
process	O
to	O
negotiate	O
service	O
extensions	O
,	O
guarantee	O
of	O
compatibility	B-Device
,	O
availability	O
,	O
non-mainframe	O
resource	O
requirements	O
,	O
priorities	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
contractual	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collecting	O
data	O
:	O
This	O
includes	O
various	O
lists	O
(	O
employee	O
backup	O
position	O
listing	O
,	O
critical	O
telephone	O
numbers	O
list	O
,	O
master	O
call	O
list	O
,	O
master	O
vendor	O
list	O
,	O
notification	O
checklist	O
)	O
,	O
inventories	O
(	O
communications	O
equipment	O
,	O
documentation	O
,	O
office	O
equipment	O
,	O
forms	O
,	O
insurance	O
policies	O
,	O
workgroup	O
and	O
data	O
center	O
computer	O
hardware	O
,	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
,	O
office	O
supply	O
,	O
off-site	O
storage	O
location	O
equipment	O
,	O
telephones	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Determining	O
the	O
feasibility	O
and	O
compatibility	B-Device
of	O
backup	O
facilities	O
and	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Providing	O
motivation	O
for	O
maintaining	O
and	O
updating	O
the	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
plan	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corporate	O
office	O
space	O
lost	O
to	O
a	O
disaster	O
can	O
result	O
in	O
an	O
instant	O
pool	O
of	O
teleworkers	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
can	O
overload	O
a	O
company	O
's	O
VPN	B-Application
overnight	O
,	O
overwork	O
the	O
IT	O
support	O
staff	O
at	O
the	O
blink	O
of	O
an	O
eye	O
and	O
cause	O
serious	O
bottlenecks	O
and	O
monopolies	O
with	O
the	O
dial-in	O
PBX	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
security	O
can	O
be	O
more	O
important	O
than	O
the	O
raw	O
speed	O
involved	O
in	O
a	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
plan	I-General_Concept
's	O
RTO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
critical	O
consideration	O
then	O
becomes	O
securing	O
the	O
new	O
data	O
pipelines	O
:	O
from	O
new	O
VPNs	B-Application
to	O
the	O
connection	O
from	O
offsite	O
backup	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
plan	I-General_Concept
also	O
includes	O
information	O
on	O
how	O
best	O
to	O
recover	O
any	O
data	O
that	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
copied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Procedures	O
to	O
sustain	O
staff	O
during	O
a	O
round-the	O
clock	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
effort	O
are	O
included	O
in	O
any	O
good	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
plan	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
