| A disaster recovery plan, also commonly called | | | | There are two types of disasters covered in a |
| Business Continuity Plan (BRP), is a set of | | | | plan template. One is natural disasters which |
| strategies and actions a company will undertake in | | | | covers incidents like earthquakes, floods, rain, |
| case of an intervention in its operations. It is | | | | drought and hurricanes. They could cause huge |
| necessary to prepare a business for possible | | | | amounts of losses to a company, destruction of |
| intrusions,-disasters and calamities in particular, | | | | equipment, and decreased supply, to name a few. |
| since they come unexpectedly most of the time. | | | | Although such events are unavoidable, damages |
| Through recovery plans, a company is able to | | | | can be lessened through the use of a |
| prevent enormous damages resulting from these | | | | well-prepared DRP. Another type is man made |
| intrusions. Also, it guarantees the continuity of a | | | | events, these are disasters brought about by |
| business establishment even after the said | | | | human failure. It includes human errors, diminished |
| circumstances. | | | | personnel skills, accidents and sabotage. |
| It is important for companies to create their own | | | | Disaster recovery plan templates are generally |
| plans or follow a template. A template is a pattern | | | | difficult to make, since numerous strategies should |
| for making contingency plans for a company, and | | | | be weighed carefully and thoroughly. Disaster |
| for other organizations. It is usually composed of | | | | recovery planners are there to help companies |
| different ideas and steps a company will take if | | | | who are in need of their services. In addition, |
| there is an unforeseen event. A collection of | | | | disaster recovery templates can be attained from |
| insurance data is also present in the template. | | | | the Internet. |