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The Time to Make a Disaster Recovery Plan is Before a Disaster

Whether it's a major catastrophe—or even the temporary loss of phones or power—the most important step in preventing a business interruption is the creation of a well-defined disaster recovery planning guide. Work with your disaster recovery team to create a plan that:

1. analyzes possible business interruption risks
2. indexes and prioritizes business operations for a better understanding of operational risk
3. sets up easy-to-follow instructions to get your business back online as quickly as possible.

This plan should be in a standard, easy-to-read format. Disasters don't follow schedules and often arrive without warning. The plan should be easy for lower managers to follow without guidance.

Keys to a Cogent Recovery Plan

There are two essential steps toward a cogent disaster recovery plan: Restoring supply chains and having your disaster recovery team analyze case studies of other businesses that have withstood disasters — both successfully and unsuccessfully. Ask:

• How did they reconnect with suppliers, utilities and clients?
• Did they focus on bringing their offices back online, or did they abandon it for a temporary facility?

Learning from the mistakes of others is essential for surviving your own storm. From cyber-crime to a level V storm, your disaster recovery plan should adapt to the characteristics and severity of any possible situation. Consider the possible effects of:

• power loss
• fire and smoke damage
• hazardous chemical spills
• water damage

Finally, establish a chain-of-command. C-level executives can't be present at all times. Successful disaster recovery relies on employees acting intelligently and autonomously in the face of danger. Be certain that individuals with the proper experience are given the organizational jobs to keep operations flowing successfully.

Agility Recovery

A disaster recovery plan is essential to preparing your business for disaster, but it cannot guarantee business continuity in the aftermath. Agility can. Membership with Agility's ReadySuite will guaranteed you a mobile office to keep your business running. From mobile command centers to computers, servers, and satellite telephone and internet link-ups, ReadySuite will keep your business alive under any circumstances.

How will it work for you?

Hear real business survival stories. Our latest video features executives describing how Agility helped their business survive the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina.

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