Disaster Recovery: Understanding How It Works

a) What is disaster recovery ?

Disaster recovery is the process of restoring an organization’s IT infrastructure to a pre-disaster state, whether natural or human-caused. It is a crucial aspect of business continuity, aiming to ensure critical business functions are operational as quickly as possible after a disruptive event.

b) The Importance of Disaster Recovery 

1. Avoid data loss

A disaster recovery plan is crucial for manufacturing companies as it helps minimize data loss during a disaster. The planning and testing involved in the plan can significantly impact the organization’s ability to recover from the disaster, ensuring its continued operation.

2. Minimize downtime

Disaster recovery plans are designed to minimize lost profits by preserving data and ensuring employees can focus on daily tasks even during downtime caused by a disaster, which can result in lost profits as employees struggle to restore systems.

3. Maintain customer satisfaction

In today’s fast-paced world, businesses must prioritize customer satisfaction and return. To maintain this, businesses must reduce the risk of downtime and data loss, as customers expect perfection and will seek alternative options if they cannot meet their expectations.

c) How disaster recovery works

1. Prevention

To prevent disaster, keep your systems secure with tools and techniques like backing up critical data and continuously monitoring your environment for configuration errors and compliance violations.

2. Detective

Rapid recovery requires real-time detection and discovery of unwanted events to ensure a timely response.

3. Correction

These measures are designed to prepare for potential data recovery scenarios, ensure backup operations, and implement recovery procedures to quickly restore data and systems.