Disaster Preparedness: Is Your Investment Firm Ready?
When you think of a disaster…
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2011 – Year of Extreme Weather
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January December
Snow buries NYC
January
Tornado strikes Joplin, MO
May 22
Summer heat scorches TX, OK
Earthquake shakes East Coast
Aug 23
Hurricane Irene bears down
Aug 26-27
2011
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
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Disaster Recovery ObjectivesRecovery Point Objective (RPO)– The point in time to
which you must recover data as defined by your organization
Recovery Time Objective (RTO)– The duration of time
within which a business process must be restored after a disaster
• Nightly Backups
RPO = 24 hrs
• Snapshots
RPO < 4 hrs
• Continuous Replication
RPO = 0
• Restore from Backups
RTO > 24 hrs
• Hot Standby
RTO < 4 hrs
• High Availability
RTO = 1 hr
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Planning for a Disaster
Infrastructure Checklist:– Network
• Redundant network equipment
– Power• Multiple power sources, backup generators
– Cooling– Security
• Physical and virtual security
– Redundancy• N+1 availability
– Storage
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Five Steps to Business Continuity Planning
Risk Assessment
Business Impact Analysis
Plan CreationPlan & Implement
Plan Test & Maintain BCP
Life Cycle
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Selecting the Right Service Provider
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