ABSTRACT
Disaster recovery planning is the process that identifies all activities that will be performed by all
participating personnel to respond to a disaster and recover an organization’s IT infrastructure to normal
support levels. The recovery process is typically addressed as a series of phases that include the response
phase (including emergency response, damage assessment, and damage mitigation); the recovery phase
(instructions on migration to a temporary alternate site); the resumption phase (instructions on
transitioning to “normal” IT service levels from the temporary alternate site[s]); and the restoration
phase (instructions on migration back to the original site or to a new, permanent location).
