IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity from the Inside Out

Academic and operational activities at universities are subject to major service disruptions caused by the environment, equipment failures, and people. Planning and preparation are paramount to successful recovery in a crisis. In this session, a disaster involving simultaneous main power feed, UPS, and generator failures will be reviewed and lessons learned during the two-month crisis. The valuable lessons learned and outcomes will provide the context for a discussion of a practical “inside out” recovery prioritization planning framework for IT and university business units.Outcomes: Understand the importance of DR/BC planning and preparation * Learn from an actual disaster * Learn about different methods to deal with DR/BC planning
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