The twenty-first century is an unpredictable place. While you cannot predict or prevent disasters, you can prepare for them with effort and planning. A quick survey of the headlines for any given day in the twenty-first century will highlight global market-affecting disasters such as superstorms, data breaches, pandemics, system failures, and strikes. With the detailed guidance found in the thoroughly updated version of this handbook, your company’s survival and the speedy resumption of business is all but assured. In The Disaster Recovery Handbook , you will learn how to proactively: Assess risk - Create and document recovery procedures - Assemble a disaster team - Test and debug thoroughly - Safeguard vital records, and more! With The Disaster Recovery Handbook by your side--including the third edition’s updates of emerging risks, developments in IT networking, and information security--you can learn how to avoid a great deal of potential trouble for your organization. When unavoidable, unpredictable disasters occur, you will know that you have planned for every contingency and have ensured that your company is responsible, ready, and resilient. Check any news site any day and you’ll find evidence of newer, more destructive threats to your business operations. From ransomware attacks to toxic spills and power outages to office fires, even today’s small disasters can cost your company dearly and could possibly put you out of business. Don’t take disasters like these lying down. The smartest companies in the world create a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that addresses every conceivable threat and can be continuously updated as new threats arise. With the planning taught by this handbook, you too can have processes in place to protect your people, your systems, and your assets—and resume business quickly after a disaster. In this third edition of The Disaster Recovery Handbook , the authors address nightmare scenarios of every variety—both man- and nature-made, online and off. Moreover, they show you what you can do right now in no-nonsense business terms to plan for them. Current and future liabilities that competing books in this area don’t even address yet are exposed and dealt with in detail in this latest edition. That makes The Disaster Recovery Handbook essential reading whether you’re an executive or an advisor to leaders who are responsible for the overall welfare and survival your organization. Your customers, employees, investors, and community are counting on your judgment and foresight in the face of catastrophes. Understand the threats by reading this handbook—and know the steps forward-thinking companies take to mitigate their effects. Now’s the time to address your company’s technological vulnerabilities by reading this edition’s all-new section on information security. With the epidemic of hacks, data leaks, digital sabotage, viruses, and Internet extortion, this handbook is a must-read for every leader and manager—inside and outside of IT. The information security section includes the latest on: identifying security assets to protect and assessing your company’s threats and risks; technical and data security; social engineering; incident management plans for security breaches; preserving forensic evidence; security policies; and employee preparedness. Be alarmed, but not overwhelmed, by today’s threats. The authors reveal unimaginable and very real dangers, and then show you how to prepare for them with a project manager’s efficiency. Using a methodical approach that won prior editions of this book scores of adherents, they help you develop a practical action plan for your organization. They walk you through all the steps you need to take to prepare—including many you’d never think of yourself. This book provides you with everything you need to survive any of today’s potential disasters by crafting an all-encompassing recovery plan that choreographs the necessary actions, the timeline, and everyone’s roles and responsibilities. It will show you how to: • Establish your business continuity team • Identify and prioritize all potential threats • Create your business continuity plan based on samples provided on the companion website • Develop a recovery strategy to restore vital business functions • Protect irreplaceable electronic and paper records • Quickly reestablish network connections, data access, and electricity • Identify priority business functions in a Business Impact Analysis You can’t predict or prevent disasters. That’s reality. But with The Disaster Recovery Handbook , you can create a plan to ensure your business will continue and your vital operations, facilities, and assets will be protected. Michael Wallace is a senior consultant with Cardinal Solutions Group, an IT strategy, Agile coaching, and disaster recovery consultancy. Lawrence Webber is a Certified Project Manager, a Master Business Continuity Professional,