IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies

Create a safety net while you work out your major plan
Identify critical IT systems, develop a long–range strategy, and train your people
Some disasters get coverage on CNN — some just create headaches for the affected organization. The right plan will get your business back on track quickly, whether you′re hit by a tornado or a disgruntled employee with super hacking powers. Here′s how to assess the situation, develop both short–term and long–term plans, and keep them updated.
Discover how to:
Select your disaster recovery team
Conduct a Business Impact Analysis
Determine risks
Get management support
Create appropriate plan documents
Test your plan

Spis treści:
Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: Getting Started with Disaster Recovery.
Chapter 1: Understanding Disaster Recovery.
Chapter 2: Bootstrapping the DR Plan Effort.
Chapter 3: Developing and Using a Business Impact Analysis.
Part II: Building Technology Recovery Plans.
Chapter 4: Mapping Business Functions to Infrastructure.
Chapter 5: Planning User Recovery.
Chapter 6: Planning Facilities Protection and Recovery.
Chapter 7: Planning System and Network Recovery.
Chapter 8: Planning Data Recovery.
Chapter 9: Writing the Disaster Recovery Plan.
Part III: Managing Recovery Plans.
Chapter 10: Testing the Recovery Plan.
Chapter 11: Keeping DR Plans and Staff Current.
Chapter 12: Understanding the Role of Prevention.
Chapter 13: Planning for Various Disaster Scenarios.
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 14: Ten Disaster Recovery Planning Tools.
Chapter 15: Eleven Disaster Recovery Planning Web Sites.
Chapter 16: Ten Essentials for Disaster Planning Success.
Chapter 17: Ten Benefits of DR Planning.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Peter H. Gregory, CISA , CISSP, is the author of fifteen books on security and technology, including Solaris Security (Prentice Hall), Computer Viruses For Dummies (Wiley), Blocking Spam and Spyware For Dummies (Wiley), and Securing the Vista Environment (O’Reilly).
Peter is a security strategist at a publicly–traded financial management software company located in Redmond, Washington. Prior to taking this position, he held tactical and strategic security positions in large wireless telecommunications organizations. He has also held development and operations positions in casino management systems, banking, government, non–profit organizations, and academia since the late 1970s.
He’s on the board of advisors for the NSA–certified Certificate program in Information Assurance & Cybersecurity at the University of Washington, and he’s a member of the board of directors of the Evergreen State Chapter of InfraGard.

Okładka tylna:
Create a safety net while you work out your major plan
Identify critical IT systems, develop a long–range strategy, and train your people
Some disasters get coverage on CNN — some just create headaches for the affected organization. The right plan will get your business back on track quickly, whether you′re hit by a tornado or a disgruntled employee with super hacking powers. Here′s how to assess the situation, develop both short–term and long–term plans, and keep them updated.
Discover how to:
Select your disaster recovery team
Conduct a Business Impact Analysis
Determine risks
Get management support
Create appropriate plan documents
Test your plan