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Disaster recovery may refer to: Recovery stage of emergency management; IT disaster recovery, maintaining or reestablishing vital information technology infrastructure;
IT disaster recovery (also, simply disaster recovery (DR)) is the process of maintaining or reestablishing vital infrastructure and systems following a natural or human-induced disaster, such as a storm or battle. DR employs policies, tools, and procedures with a focus on IT systems supporting critical business functions. [1]
The Business Dictionary provide a more comprehensive definition for "disaster response"; [2] Aggregate of decisions and measures to (1) contain or mitigate the effects of a disastrous event to prevent any further loss of life and/or property, (2) restore order in its immediate aftermath, and (3) re-establish normality through reconstruction and ...
The International Recovery Platform (IRP) is a joint initiative of international organizations, national and local governments, and non-governmental organizations engaged in disaster recovery, and seeking to transform disasters into opportunities for sustainable development.
A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a documented process or set of procedures to execute an organization's disaster recovery processes and recover and protect a business IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster. [3] It is "a comprehensive statement of consistent actions to be taken before, during and after a disaster". [4]
The NDRF defines core recovery principles, roles, and responsibilities of recovery coordinators and other stakeholders, a coordinating structure that facilitates communication and collaboration among all stakeholders, guidance for pre-and post-disaster recovery planning, and the overall process by which communities can capitalize on ...
Federal disaster relief and recovery was brought under the umbrella of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in 1973 by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, [11] and the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration was created as an organizational unit within the department. This agency would oversee disasters until ...
Recovery as a service (RaaS), [1] sometimes referred to as disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), is a category of cloud computing used for protecting an application or data from a natural or human disaster or service disruption at one location by enabling a full recovery in the cloud. RaaS differs from cloud-based backup services by ...