ABSTRACT
Disaster recovery planning (DRP) is the process that iden-
tifies all activities that will be performed by all participat-
ing 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 emer-
gency response, damage assessment, and damage mitiga-
tion); the recovery phase (instructions on migration to a
temporary alternate site); the resumption phase (instruc-
tions 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).
