In recent years, organizations have witnessed the impact of having effective and non-effective business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans. In today’s environment, with significant potential natural disasters, terrorist threats, and other man-made threats, it is critical that organizations develop effective business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans. Select an organization that you are familiar with, such as where you currently or previously have worked, contact a local organization, or search on the Internet for the needed detail of an organization you are interested in. Prepare a disaster recovery plan policy for that organization.Part 1: Written Paper1.1. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:a. Provide an overview of the organization that will be delivered to senior management, defining the business goals and objectives and the size, layout, and structure of the organization.b. Include a diagram of the organization’s network architecture and the proposed network architecture of an alternate computing facility in the event of a disaster (or the actual network architecture of the alternate computing facility if one already exists) through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.c. Develop the DRP Policy, including:i. Disaster declarationii. Assessment of securityiii. Potential disaster scenarios and methods of dealing with the disasteriv. Disaster recovery proceduresd. Develop an Incident Response Team (IRT) charter, which includes the following sections:i. Executive summaryii. Mission statementiii. Incident declarationiv. Organizational structurev. Roles and responsibilitiesvi. Information flow and methods of communicationvii. Methods and services provided by the IRTviii. Authority and reporting proceduresInclude charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an appendix of the infrastructure document. All references to these diagrams must be included in the body of the infrastructure document.
