Disaster Recovery: Survivability and Security

There have been a number of previously written books and articles, some more than 25 years ago, describing the mechanics of disaster recovery to include the survivability and security in a number of areas. 'Any crisis management plan prior to Sept. 11, 2001 is obsolete since it does not deal with many of the new potential terrorist activities that are now part of our consciousness' [3] as defined by Edward Moed.

To meet these growing demands hundreds of new businesses have been started since the fall of 2001 in addition over 200,000 articles videos and CDs have been published on this subject.

Today most Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) handle the area of equipment network data key personnel and the organization in many types of disasters. In today's environment the following areas require a closer look: physical surroundings data key personnel and the organization as an individual entity as well as where the coordination of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and DRP coordinator belongs in the organization. And why the BCP plan and DRP coordinator belong there where they are assigned in the organization.