When it comes to a disaster recovery strategy, it is easy to focus on the ‘disaster’ side of provisioning. Identifying, prioritising and copying mission-critical data is straightforward, albeit time-consuming. But ensuring there is always a copy of your data available is just one part of the story. The second aspect is, as the name implies,

An effective disaster recovery (DR) plan only works if it is regularly reviewed and updated. Following our best-practice principles, we’ve updated our DR planning advice to help you refine and improve your strategy and processes. Here are six things you must do: 1. Identify the key players If your business experiences a serious system outage,