Difference between revisions of "Disaster Recovery Plan"

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==Reference:==
 
==Reference:==
 
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_recovery_plan
 
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_recovery_plan
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2. Information Technology Control and Audit, Second Edition.  Carol Gonzales, Sandra Senft, Frederick Gallegos, and Daniel P. Manson. Auerbach Publications, 2004.
 
2. Information Technology Control and Audit, Second Edition.  Carol Gonzales, Sandra Senft, Frederick Gallegos, and Daniel P. Manson. Auerbach Publications, 2004.

Revision as of 03:33, 13 November 2013

A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a set of processes by which an organization aims to recover its information technology and other vital infrastructure resources in the event of partial or total failure due to man-made, natural, or environmental causes. DRPs should strive to ensure that essential resources are preserved in a disaster (i.e. patient data is backed up at off-site data center not directly vulnerable to same potential events as hopsital) , that procedures are in place for continuing operations while resources are down or limited (i.e. downtime forms are available if the clinical information system is inaccessible), and that a strategy exists to resume normal operations in a timely manner (i.e. return the clinical information system to full operational capability and enter clinical data that was generated during downtime). A DRP should be frequently reviewed, updated, and tested.

Reference:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_recovery_plan

2. Information Technology Control and Audit, Second Edition. Carol Gonzales, Sandra Senft, Frederick Gallegos, and Daniel P. Manson. Auerbach Publications, 2004.