Disaster Recovery Planning Services in Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio

Most businesses depend heavily on technology and automated systems, and their disruption for even a few days could cause severe financial loss and threaten survival. The continued operations of an organization depend on management’s awareness of potential disasters, their ability to develop a plan to minimize disruptions of critical functions and the capability to recovery operations expediently and successfully.

A disaster recovery plan is a comprehensive statement of consistent actions to be taken before, during and after a disaster. The plan should be documented and tested to ensure the continuity of operations and availability of critical resources in the event of a disaster.

The primary objective of disaster recovery planning is to protect the organization in the event that all or parts of its operations and/or computer services are rendered unusable. Preparedness is the key. The planning process should minimize the disruption of operations and ensure some level of organizational stability and an orderly recovery after a disaster.

Objectives of disaster recovery planning include:

Providing a sense of security
Minimizing risk of delays
Guaranteeing the reliability of standby systems
Providing a standard for testing the plan
Minimizing decision-making during a disaster

Affiliated’s Disaster Recovery services include:

Department evaluation assessment
Review of existing plan for relevance
Review/validation of existing systems & procedures
Preparation of Recovery plan based on incident levels (device, application, system, data center) and your expectations for system availability and financial risk
Execution of the plan including the coordination of alternate resources/locations, and company communications/resolution expectation timeframes
Validation and testing of plan
Semi-annual/annual plan validation and testing

These services will help your team better understand your systems and how to address issues that arise in your organization. Our approach will give your team an organized game plan to address and successfully react to technology interruptions affecting your company’s ability to drive revenue and successfully support your customers.