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BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS: HOW AND WHEN TO TEST THEM

EDPACS,  November, 2005  by Mitts, James S

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Everything an information security practitioner deals with requires some form of testing to ensure that the information technology or resource is within configuration specifications. This applies to ensuring that business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans are documented and executable as per the business continuity strategy and that the capabilities are deployed as part of an overall business continuity program for the enterprise.

Testing BC/DR plans is done with regard to justifying the economic benefit of having BC/DR capabilities in place. A company that decides not to test ...

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