Disaster Recovery Test Results and What to Do With Them
With respect to using a formal process for Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery testing, unless your company is in a regulated industry or is at the top of a supply chain where some vendors are extremely critical, Chad Goode recommends taking time to understand the fundamental concepts of root cause analysis and then modify the steps to fit your own company culture and existing processes.
“In business continuity and disaster recovery testing, many organizations take the findings and results from tests and exercises and fix the immediate issues without addressing the root cause. Doing so means the organization continues to face many of the same related issues repeatedly. Incorporating a semi-formal root cause analysis process following each test, and for each problem identified, can result in better and more reliable plans, and a more efficient and cost-effective test and exercise program.”
See Disaster Recovery Test Results and What to Do With Them, by Chad Goode.
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