Chapter 4 – Information Technology

49040.6 Disaster Recovery Planning – Critical Systems

• Department Operational Recovery Plan

  • The Department operational recovery plan shall cover a minimum of four topic areas:

    • Summary of the strategy for managing disaster situations.

    • Distinct management and staff assignment of responsibilities immediately following a disaster and continuing through the period of normal operations re-establishment.

    • Priorities for the recovery of critical applications.

    • Operational procedures documented in systematic fashion that shall allow recovery to be achieved in a timely and orderly way.

• Type 1 and Type 2 Operational Recovery Plans

  • All Type 1 and Type 2 systems shall require an operational recovery plan that answers the following questions:

    • Identification and evaluation of alternative recovery strategies.

    • Selection of the alternative that best responds to the organization’s requirements for disaster recovery.

    • Assessment of the resource requirements (space, equipment, communications, data, software, personnel, and time) required for operational recovery of the critical application.