Disaster Recovery Plan Template
Business Continuity Plan
ISO 27000 ( formerly ISO 17799 ) - Sarbanes-Oxley - HIPAA - PCI-DSS Compliant

This Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) can be used as a Disaster Planning template for any enterprise. The Disaster Recovery template and supporting material have been updated to be Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA compliant.  The Disaster Planning Template comes as a Word document and includes:

• Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Template

• Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire

• Work Plan

• Disaster Planning Audit Program

New are:

• Compliance with ISO 27000 ( ISO 27001 and ISO 27002), Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA standards

• Web Site Disaster Recovery Planning Form

• Department Disaster Recovery Activation Workbook

  • Quick Reference Guide

  • Team Alert List (Form)

  • DRP Team Responsibilities

  • DRP Team Checklist

  • Critical Function(s) Definition

  • Normal Business Hour Response Procedures

  • After Hours Response Procedures

  • DRP Location(s) Definition

  • DRP Recovery Procedures

  • Notification Procedures

  • Notification Call List (Form)

• Updated Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire

• Vendor Disaster Recovery Questionnaire

• Vendor Phone List Form Updated

• Key Customer Notification Form

• Critical Resources to be Retrieved Form

• Business Continuity Off-Site Materials Form

The premium edition contains 14 full job descriptions. They are:

• Chief Information Officer

• Chief Security Officer

• Chief Compliance Officer

• VP Strategy and Architecture

• Director Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

• Director e-Commerce

• Manager Disaster Recovery

• Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

• Disaster Recovery Coordinator

• Disaster Recovery - Special Projects Supervisor

• Manager Database

• Capacity Planning Supervisor

• Manager Media Library Support

• Manager Site Management

The DRP template is over 200 pages and includes everything needed to customize the Disaster Recovery Plan to fit your specific requirement.  The electronic document includes proven written text and examples for the following major sections of a disaster recovery plan:

• Plan Introduction

• Business Impact Analysis - including a sample impact matrix

• DRP Organization Responsibilities pre and post disaster - drp checklist

• Backup Strategy for Data Centers, Departmental File Servers, Wireless Network servers, Data at Outsourced Sites, Desktops (In office and "at home"), Laptops and PDA's.

• Recovery Strategy including approach, escalation plan process and decision points

• Disaster Recovery Procedures in a check list format

• Plan Administration Process

• Technical Appendix including definition of necessary phone numbers and contact points

• Job Description for Disaster Recovery Manager (3 pages long) - entire disaster recovery team job descriptions are available.

• Work Plan to modify and implement the template.  Included is a list of deliverables for each task. (Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Assessment)

There is a extensive section that show how a full test of the DRP can be conducted.  It includes

• Disaster Recovery Manager Responsibilities

• Distribution of the Disaster Recovery Plan

• Maintenance of the Business Impact Analysis

• Training of the Disaster Recovery Team

• Testing of the Disaster Recovery Plan

• Evaluation of the Disaster Recovery Plan Tests

• Maintenance of the Disaster Recovery Plan

Click on the link below to get the DRP/BC sample pages now and make it a part of your disaster recovery toolkit.

 

Testimonial - Dave Baker - City of Hamilton - I have found the DRP template invaluable!

Testimonial - Bob Rifenbury -MCSE/CCNA Lauch Testing Lab - The DRP Template saved me about 6 months of work!

Testimonial -  Kelly Keeler - Martin's Point Health Care - I have received and I began using the template immediately. IT IS GREAT! Made this process a snap for me. Cut my documentation time down from.  weeks to hours! This document has made, what began to be an overwhelming process turn into a snap!

Testimonial - Juan Stamos - Mexico City Corporation - We had a DRP in place, but needed a more user friendly structure.  The Disaster Recovery Template (Gold edition) has that structure.  It was very easy to quickly move our DRP into Janco's DRP Template -- a real added value.

* Update service is for 12 months unless it is purchased within 30 days of the purchase of the Template.  Janco reserves the right to validate purchase of the customer was made for the template.

 

This template is not for resale or re-distribution - Disaster Recovery Planning Template Disaster R

St. Peters, St. Charles may team up for disaster relief (St. Charles Journal) The cities of St. Peters and St. Charles could soon work together to ensure that their residents are covered in the event of a natural disaster by teaming up to provide relief. - more   

Helping producers who have farms hit by natural disaster - one fence at a time (The Prairie Star) When Mother Nature devastates an area, leaving farmers and ranchers with big messes and big losses, the Giving Back Foundation is there to help. - more   

A script for disaster: Quake scientists detail projected impact of 'Big One' in S. Calif. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) LOS ANGELES - The "Big One," as earthquake scientists imagine it in a detailed, first-of-its-kind script, unzips California's mighty San Andreas Fault north of the Mexican border. In less than two minutes, Los Angeles and its sprawling suburbs are shaking like a bowl of jelly. - more   

PLANNING FOR A DISASTER (Macon Chronicle-Herald) A tabletop exercise was held yesterday at the First Christian Church in Macon to assist the Macon County Health Department to better prepare for disasters involving public health emergencies. The scenario for the disaster involved a tornado going through the middle section of Macon causing major damage to the school and a nursing home. Approximately 30 individuals joined in the exercise. Some of ... - more   

Planning, practice prepare area hospitals (The News-Press) Hurricane trivia: For how many days must hospitals be self-sustaining in case of an emergency? - more   

Disaster Planning Efforts Inadequate Among Older Adults (Centre Daily Times) A hurricane strikes the coastline. A tornado hits the heartland. A flood inundates a riverside city. The results can be catastrophic, especially for the thousands of older adults who call the affected community home. One way to mitigate the damage is to have a recovery plan in place before disaster strikes. Unfortunately, according to a new survey from The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. ... - more   

Disaster Planning Efforts Inadequate Among Older Adults (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) HARTFORD, Conn.----A hurricane strikes the coastline. A tornado hits the heartland. A flood inundates a riverside city. The results can be catastrophic, especially for the thousands of older adults who call the affected community home. - more   

Va. woman documents disaster with her camera (USA Today) They're hard to spot among the dozens of pictures of mangled trees, upside-down cars and shredded homes that fill up Patricia Chappell's camera. - more   

Parenting: How to make your day-care safer during a disaster (The Alexandria Town Talk) NEW YORK (AP) — It's hard enough for parents to say goodbye to their kids at drop-off time at preschool or the baby sitter's house. Add in the threat of a disaster, and the thought of being unable to reach them can make things scary. - more   

Emergency drills test response planning (The Trenton Times) LAWRENCE--Emergency personnel will conduct disaster drills on Rider University's campus in Lawrence this morning and at Trenton-Mercer Airport on Saturday, May 31. - more