• Do you have a documented disaster recovery plan addressing how your company will resume operations if a catastrophe occurs?
• Does this plan specifically address the integrity of your data network?
• Does the plan address systematic recovery of corporate data?
  
  
• Do you have a map of your network with all systems utilizing your network identified?
  
  
• Do you have agreements with vendors for a "quick-ship" of replacement hardware if you lose your current facility?
  
  
• If your primary business location was damaged or destroyed, would your corporate data be available within a reasonable amount of time?
  
  
• In an emergency situation, what functions of your business can be down for 24 hours?
  
  
• What business applications have to be back up and running within minutes or hours?
  
  
• Can your company afford for any services or functions to be unavailable for a week or two weeks?
  
  
• In a disaster, do you have the backup systems in place to keep the critical functions of your business running?
  
  
• Are data backups automatic and done in periodic intervals (every minute, every hour or every day)?
  
  
• Do you have critical data that should be backed up frequently?
• What are your backup priorities?
• Is your current backup solution adequate?
  
  
• Are your data "backups" kept off site in a secure environment?
  
  
• Is your data currently in a secure environment with connections to multiple communications networks?

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