Information technology disaster recovery (ITDR) planning is critical to any continuity plan. ITDR plans cover how organizations will prepare for and respond to technology disruptions, including those stemming from human error, weather events, and cyberattacks. A comprehensive ITDR plan catalogs IT assets, assigns responsibilities, and maintains run books, ensuring IT resources are recovered quickly and reliably.
ITDR for Continuity Managers
Most organizations today rely heavily on technology to support their day-to-day operations. Technology disruptions often have dramatic impacts on an organization’s essential functions. As such, it is critical that plans for recovering IT assets and resources are well documented. Without these plans, significant and dangerous gaps exist in an organization’s continuity plan. BOLDplanning’s ITDR module is the answer for completing a truly comprehensive continuity planning process.
ITDR for IT Managers
Malware, ransomware, and other cyber threats are on the rise across all types of organizations. Other natural and human-caused disasters are also impacting service availability in organizations across the globe. Further, with IT jobs in high demand, organizations are experiencing high turnover and a loss of institutional knowledge. As a result, it is crucial IT managers develop and maintain plans and run books that describe operational details such as shutdown and recovery procedures. The BOLDplanning ITDR module provides an easy and effective way to catalog IT assets, assign responsibilities and maintain run books, ensuring IT resources are recovered quickly and reliably.
BOLDplanning’s ITDR Approach
The ITDR module adds another critical plan type to BOLDplanning’s popular suite of preparedness planning offerings. The module is built on the same proven platform as our COOP, EOP, and HMP modules and gives continuity and IT managers the ability to easily leverage data already contained in the platform for ITDR planning.
The module was developed together with BOLDplanning partner Risk Solutions International (RSI).
For ITDR consulting, BOLDplanning has also partnered with leading preparedness planning firm RSI. Headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, RSI is an independent provider of consulting, advisory, and technology solutions to the operational risks organizations face.
RSI offers a full range of operational risk management solutions, including business continuity, IT disaster recovery, information security, emergency and crisis management, and supply chain continuity. It provides clients with practical solutions and perspectives for assessing, mitigating, and managing the impact of their operational exposure to the risks and disruptions they face from natural and human-caused incidents.
RSI operates globally with extended supply chains and works with insurance brokers domestically and in 70 countries worldwide as a member of the Brokerslink Global Insurance Alliance.
