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DRP Maintenance and Testing
Dhammica De Silva
Senior Technical Officer
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Welcome to the ‘mundane’
What comes after the ‘key is turned’?כ Preferably, everyone wants silence.כ One of most tedious jobs in the world.כ …you end up hoping for a small disaster.
The workload …..כ Maintain the ‘system’כ Test the ‘system’
Doesn’t get much more critical than this!
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Operations Framework
Initiate BCM
Business Impact Analysis
Risk Assessment
BC Strategy
Organization &Implementation Planning
Implement Stand-byAgreements
Develop Recovery PlansImplement Risk Reduction
Measures
Develop Procedures
Initial Testing
Education &Awareness
Review &Audit
Testing
ChangeManagement
Training
Assurance
Stage 1:Initiation
Stage 2:Requirements & Strategy
Stage 3:Implementation
Stage 4:Operational Management
Project Vs.
Process
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Operational Management
Education &Awareness
Review &Audit
Testing
ChangeManagement
Training
Assurance
Stage 4:Operational Management
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Why test and maintain?
Three major points to keep in mind:כ Viable and Readied action planכ DRP currency כ Recovery
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Maintaining the plan
Helps ensure currency of what is to be recovered Changes, changes, and changes…
כ Test results may indicate problem areasכ Addition of new equipment, application, etc.כ Changes to HW, SW, network, etc.
Regular, and surprise reviews.
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Testing the plan
Testing results ‘feed’ maintenance Testing the plan needs a plan:
כ Parameters, objectives, criteria, method, etc.כ Problems are an opportunity to improve
Important criteria for designing testsכ Comprehensive testing of entire planכ Non-prohibitive costs of test proceduresכ Minimal disturbances to normal operationsכ Maximum reliability and accuracy of test result dataכ Usefulness of test data.
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Standard testing methodologies
Checklist Testing Walk through testing Virtual Machine Technology Simulation Testing Parallel Testing Full-Interruption Testing
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Maintain your will, test your patience..