NCJ Number
131763
Journal
Security Management Volume: 35 Issue: 8 Dated: (August 1991) Pages: 60-61,63-64,66
Date Published
1991
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Businesses should recognize their increasing reliance on computers and should plan for the most effective way to recover from a disaster that causes a data processing outage.
Abstract
The basic requirements for data recovery include hardware; storage facilities for manuals, plans, and magnetic media; equipment to provide electronic vaulting and real-time recovery; communications facilities to handle crucial voice and data transmissions; and reliable, competent support personnel such as telecommunications specialists, systems programmers, and recovery operations specialists. Possible approaches to disaster recovery include the use of a service bureau, a shared contingency agreement, a commercial vendor, and the establishment of a company site. In choosing a disaster recovery company, managers should consider quality, the protection of data from internal theft as well as theft by other companies at the recovery center, and the discretion used to protect clients from unnecessary or unwanted publicity.