
Disaster Recovery Plan
Template
Business Continuity Planning
ISO 27000, ISO 27001,
ISO 27002 (formerly ISO 17799),
Sarbanes - Oxley, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA Compliant
This Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) can be used as a template for any enterprise. The template and supporting material have been updated to be Sarbanes-Oxley compliant. The Disaster Planning Template comes as a Word document and includes:
- Disaster Recovery Plan Template
- Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Work Plan
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Audit Program
- Incident Communication Plan
New with version (version history) are (Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27000 Compliant):
- Web Site Disaster Recovery Planning Form
- >Department Disaster Recovery Activation Workbook
- Quick Reference Guide
- Team Alert List (Form)
- DRP Team Responsibilities
- DRP Team Checklist
- Critical Function(s) Definition
- Normal Business Hour Response Procedures
- After Hours Response Procedures
- DRP Location(s) Definition
- DRP Recovery Procedures
- Notification Procedures
- Notification Call List (Form)
- Vendor Disaster Recovery Questionnaire
- Vendor Phone List Form Updated
- Key Customer Notification Form
- Critical Resources to be Retrieved Form
- Business Continuity Off-Site Materials Form
The DRP template is over 200 pages and includes everything needed to customize the Disaster Recovery Plan to fit your specific requirement. The electronic document includes proven written text and examples for the following major sections of a disaster recovery plan:
- Plan Introduction
- Business Impact Analysis - including a sample impact matrix
- DRP Organization Responsibilities pre and post disaster - drp checklist
- Backup Strategy for Data Centers, Departmental File Servers, Wireless Network servers, Data at Outsourced Sites, Desktops (In office and "at home"), Laptops and PDA's.
- Recovery Strategy including approach, escalation plan process and decision points
- Disaster Recovery Procedures in a check list format
- Plan Administration Process
- Technical Appendix including definition of necessary phone numbers and contact points
- Job Description for Disaster Recovery Manager (3 pages long) - entire disaster recovery team job descriptions are available.
- Work Plan to modify and implement the template. Included is a list of deliverables for each task.
There is a extensive section that show how a full test of the DRP can be conducted. It includes
- Responsibilities
- Distribution
- Risk Assessment
- Training
- Testing
- Evaluation
- Maintenance


