| Disaster Recovery is an important issue during IT | | | | However this guidance is not the only important |
| operation and management. For several years, | | | | thing in the disaster recovery management, |
| there is no detail standard about how Disaster | | | | every company should also have separated policy |
| Recovery Management should be performed in | | | | and procedures against business continuity and |
| the company. Recently the ISO released the new | | | | also business resumption. |
| ISO for IT Disaster Recovery. Basically this new | | | | In the other perspective, some research also |
| ISO provide guidance about: | | | | show that most large companies spend between |
| - Implementing, operating, monitoring and | | | | 2% and 4% of their IT budget on disaster |
| maintaining the necessary facilities and services | | | | recovery planning; this is intended to avoid larger |
| necessary for disaster recovery. | | | | losses. Of companies that had a major loss of |
| - Fallback and recovery support for the | | | | computerized data, 43% never reopen, 51% |
| organization's ICT systems. | | | | close within two years, and only 6% will survive |
| - The capabilities which outsourced ICT disaster | | | | long-term. |
| recovery service providers should possess and | | | | So this fact show to us that the IT disaster |
| the practices they should follow, so as to provide | | | | recovery is a must have because with the rise of |
| basic secure operating environments and facilitate | | | | information technology and the reliance on |
| the organizations' recovery efforts. | | | | business-critical information the importance of |
| - The selection of a recovery site (e.g. considering | | | | protecting irreplaceable data has become a |
| factors such as environmental stability, good | | | | business priority in recent years. This is especially |
| infrastructure, etc.), and | | | | evident in information technology, with most |
| - Requirements for ICT DR service providers to | | | | companies relying on their computer systems as |
| continuously improve their ICT DR services. | | | | critical infrastructure in their business. |