Disaster Recovery Plans

1. Question 1 What elements should a disaster recovery plan cover? Check all that apply.

1. Detection measures A disaster recovery plan shouldn't only have recovery procedures; it should include detection measures so that you can be made aware of an incident, along with preventative measures to help avoid a disaster in the first place. 2. Preventative measures A disaster recovery plan shouldn't only have recovery procedures; it should include detection measures so that you can be made aware of an incident, along with preventative measures to help avoid a disaster in the first place. 3. Recovery measures A disaster recovery plan shouldn't only have recovery procedures; it should include detection measures so that you can be made aware of an incident, along with preventative measures to help avoid a disaster in the first place.

4. Question 4 What are good detection measures to incorporate in your organization? Check all that apply.

1. Environmental monitoring Monitoring the environmental conditions in a server room will alert you if things might cause problems for your equipment. System performance monitoring can also alert you to anomalies in requests or traffic to a server. 2. System performance monitoring Monitoring the environmental conditions in a server room will alert you if things might cause problems for your equipment. System performance monitoring can also alert you to anomalies in requests or traffic to a server.

3. Question 3 What are good preventative measures to incorporate in your organization? Check all that apply.

1. Redundant systems Having redundant systems is a great preventative measure. If one system fails or goes offline, the secondary system can prevent a complete outage until the primary system can be restored.

5. Question 5 What are good recovery measures to incorporate in your organization? Check all that apply

1. Restoring server configs from backup Maintaining backups of server configs will make restoring a damaged system much quicker and easier. Detailed documentation on how exactly to do this will also speed up this process. 2. Following detailed recovery plan documentation Maintaining backups of server configs will make restoring a damaged system much quicker and easier. Detailed documentation on how exactly to do this will also speed up this process.

2. Question 2 Why are detection measures included in a disaster recovery plan?

1.Because it's important to know when a disaster occurs The sooner you can be alerted that an incident is going on, the quicker you can take measures to stop it.