Define data recovery standards
Exercise: Define Data Recovery
Objective
Task 1: Defining Data Recovery for Your Organization
- Define your organization’s Recovery Point Objective.
- How frequently does data need to be backed up?
- Define your organization’s Recovery Time Objective.
- How quickly can be restored when needed?
- While defining what Data Recovery (DR) looks like for your organization, keep the following questions in mind:
- Who will be responsible for what?
- How will back-ups be stored?
- What can be relied upon for DR?
- How often do files need backing up?
- E.g., what is tolerable data loss?
- Which files are most important?
- How fast can back-ups be implemented?
