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Incidents just happen! Generally without any prior notice to user, therefore it is critically important for an organization to be prepared for such unavoidable situation. We cannot stop incidents to happen but we can take measures to reduce their impact on successful business operations. Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures of restoring operations critical to the resumption of business, including regaining access to data (records, hardware, software, etc.), communications (incoming, outgoing, toll-free, fax, etc.), workspace, and other business processes after a natural or human-induced disaster.
Organizations and network administrators can adopt disaster recovery measures to minimize its losses and to recover access to their software, data, and hardware that are needed to resume the performance of normal, critical business functions after the event of either a natural disaster or a disaster caused by humans.
Disaster recovery is vital for an organization because it facilitate business continuity of an organization and reduces downtime which is crucial for organizations success. Downtime reduces business profits and customer satisfaction which can reduce with efficient and proper disaster recovery planning. |
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