Business Continuing Plan and Disaster Recovery

Running head: BUSINESS CONTINUING PLAN AND DISASTER RECOVERY
Business Continuing Plan and Disaster Recovery
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1BUSINESS CONTINUING PLAN AND DISASTER RECOVERY
Table of Contents
1. Key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan...............................................................................2
2. Internal, external, and environmental risks..................................................................................3
3. Which of these recovery strategies is most appropriate?.............................................................3
4. Briefly describe each method and your rationale for why it will or will not be included in your
DRP test plan...................................................................................................................................4
Reference List:.................................................................................................................................6

2BUSINESS CONTINUING PLAN AND DISASTER RECOVERY
1. Key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan
Disaster recovery implies set of policies and procedures that are followed after facing any
human or natural induced disaster. BASF is one of the most prestigious chemical producers
occupying a predominant place in 80 countries (reuters.com, 2018). While running the entire
process of business in chemical industry the organization has faced several disasters. The
incident of Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921 has left a horrible impression in
mind of people when tower silo storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and
ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau. As a result, of this incident
around 500 people have lost their life and more than 2000 got injured.
After this specific incident business, organizations especially belonging to chemical
sector have rendered a strong department of disaster management for recovering any natural
calamity or human induced disaster immediately. The seven key elements which are highly
significant for disaster recovery plan are as follows:
 Detailed communication plan having employee contacts and the contacts of technological
resources ( E.g. extinguishing department)
 Proper plan for equipments should be there for recovering the disaster. The equipments
include proper IT infrastructure, furniture and assets
 Implementing data continuity system
 Reviewing whether backup is running and serving for disaster preparation plan or not
 Making effective vendor communication and service restoration plan