Are you prepared for the worst possible DR scenario

Disasters can strike at any time and at any place and can be from mild to severe (usually severe). But are you prepared for the worst possible disaster attack? It is time to review or update your DR plan as it might not best be suited for the worst disaster recovery case scenario.

Backup for the ‘worst’

‘Worst’ is a relative term. While some enterprises might plan for the end of the world, total destruction as a worst-case scenario, others might not go all overboard with this.

The important thing to note here is that there might be different ‘worst cases’ for different enterprises. Everyone has to be prepared for their version of a worst-case scenario.

Take VFEmail hack for example, the attack took place earlier this year. In the attack, all of VFEmail’s U.S business data was deleted by the hackers overnight, without any sort of warning. Although they were able to ultimately recover its European operations, their U.S business no longer exists.

Many enterprises tend to ignore the fact that they could be hit by a worst-case scenario and don’t find it necessary to prepare for it. This is a very unprofessional approach and should be avoided.

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

While planning for the worst cases, business continuity should be in the mind of the business owners. If your backup and DR plan has some uncertainties which might make it vulnerable in case of a worst case scenario, then it is time to rethink and setup a new plan.

Risk calculation is important. It is important to note down exactly how will a severe natural disaster will affect the enterprise. If it is too much to handle for the enterprise, then it is time to setup a plan which is more effective and suitable for the enterprise.

A Disaster Recovery plan should check out a very important point and that is business continuity. If your enterprise can sustain a worst possible natural disaster with no disruptions to day to day operations whatsoever, then your plan is good enough, otherwise, make a plan for it.

Conclusion

Think of a worst DR scenario and put your plan in place of it and ask yourself, how well prepared are you for it? If everything checks out, your good to go, if not, advise a plan which is best suited for mild to sores case scenarios, in terms of disaster recovery.