Disaster recovery plan testing primer: Test to fail
According to many standards institutions and organizations that focus on disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC), disaster recovery plan testing will often result in the continued success and operations of a business, even in times of a disaster.
So if everyone agrees that testing of business continuity/disaster recovery plans is a genuine, certified good thing, then there’s nothing to argue about here, right? Steven Ross, however, has reason to disagree with the claimed success of disaster recovery testing. Ross has seen too many examples of DR plans that have been tested routinely over extended periods of time, but still fail when needed.
Overall, disaster recovery tests are essential to execute and demonstrate, but be cautious and take the correct steps to test your DR plans. Otherwise, your plan might fail you in any given disaster recovery situation.
See Disaster recovery plan testing primer: Test to fail, by Steven J. Ross for SearchDisasterRecovery.com.
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