Developing a Response Plan
The first step after identifying and ranking some risks (remember, don??™t try to do everything
at once) is to come up with a response??”that is, what actions you should take if the
disaster occurs. Unlike mitigation planning in which you try to prevent the disaster or the
impact of the disaster in the first place, response planning is not optional. Never rely on
simply trying to avoid the issue; come up with a plan of action when the issue occurs.
Even though you??™ve assigned probability to each disaster, always assume even the least
likely disasters will occur eventually.
It??™s possible that you have multiple response plans for a single disaster, or multiple
disasters covered by a single response plan. A backup/recovery plan obviously can act as
a valid response to a wide range of disasters. Something as catastrophic as a tornado
should obviously have more than one response plan tied to it. Of course, you??™ll need to do
backup and recovery, but you??™ll also need plans in place to acquire a new facility, obtain a
new server, and so on. Let??™s look at some mitigation plans and techniques.
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