Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: A quick guide for organisations and business managers

IT Governance Publishing · Thejendra B.S

Jul 2025 · Packt Publishing Ltd

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284

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About this ebook

Explore IT recovery strategies and business continuity planning. Learn how to assess, prepare for, and manage risks across systems, staff, and vendors.Key Features

In-depth coverage of IT and non-IT disaster recovery strategies
Practical guidance on creating and testing contingency plans
Focus on both technical and human factors in business continuity

Book DescriptionThis book delves into disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC), offering practical strategies for organizations to prepare for and manage disruptions. It starts by defining core concepts of DR and BC, highlighting their role in crisis management. Early chapters explore business impact analysis, data protection, and risk assessment, while examining common IT and non-IT disasters like data loss, cyberattacks, and communication failures. Later sections focus on specific disaster scenarios, such as virus attacks, software failures, and data center risks, offering prevention methods and recovery plans. It also addresses human factors in DR, covering IT staff and contractor management, and the risks tied to outsourcing and project failures. In addition to IT risks, the book explores non-IT disasters, including health crises, financial challenges, and natural events, with strategies for mitigation. The final chapters provide guidance on creating and testing contingency plans, featuring checklists and mock run procedures. This book empowers readers to design, implement, and maintain effective DR and BC plans for their organization’s needs.What you will learn

Identify key concepts in disaster recovery and business continuity
Implement data backup strategies for business resilience
Assess risks and create a business impact analysis (BIA)
Strengthen cybersecurity measures to prevent cyber threats
Design IT contingency plans and recovery processes effectively
Prepare for non-IT disasters and integrate preventive measures

Who this book is for

This book is ideal for IT managers, risk officers, continuity planners, and system administrators responsible for resilience and uptime. Readers should be familiar with basic IT infrastructure, risk frameworks, and organizational processes to fully benefit from the content.

About the author

IT Governance Publishing (ITGP) is the world's only specialist IT governance publisher. We produce books, toolkits and training aids on a wide range of topics including information security, IT governance, information risk, compliance, cyber security, IT service management, project management and management system standards.

Thejendra B.S is the IT Manager for a Software Development Firm in Bangalore, and has over 20 years of experience in IT. Besides working in India, his career has also taken him to Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Bahrain, and Australia. He has dealt with customers in many different areas of business, and has written many articles for websites such as Tech Republic and Disaster Recovery Journal.

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