Disaster Recovery Management
Develop and implement internal policies, processes and arrangements to guide and enable the prompt recovery of critical IT infrastructure and systems following a crisis or disaster. This includes monitoring the efficiency and effectiveness of response to significant incidents or disruptions and reviewing the organisation's disaster recovery plan and processes.
Type
Functional
Competency Area
Business and Project Management
Levels
Identify and implement recovery solutions to support disaster recovery strategies
Demonstrate awareness of commonly- encountered disasters, crises or exigencies
Analyse key business functions and operational requirements to recommend RTO and RPO of critical systems and processes
Develop safeguards and solutions alternate facilities, manual procedures, data centre recovery and back up processes to support disaster recovery strategies
Test out disaster recovery plans, and resolve operational issues that surface
Implement appropriate processes, systems and tools to ensure efficient recovery of critical IT infrastructure and systems following a disaster
Monitor outcomes of disaster recovery plan against key performance benchmarks
Implement follow-up actions to enhance effectiveness of disaster recovery processes
Design a disaster recovery plan and review recommendations for alternate solutions and recovery or back up procedures
Identify current trends in disasters, crises or exigencies that can impact business IT processes
Translate disaster recovery strategy into recovery plans for facilities, supply, user records, technical software and hardware, and data
Design a disaster recovery plan with clear objectives, scope, elements and optimal RTO and RPO parameters, as well as defined roles and responsibilities
Oversee the testing of disaster recovery plans and identify areas for enhancement
Review recommendations for mitigating safeguards and alternate solutions according to internal disaster recovery guidelines
Establish quality assurance method for disaster plan, using regulatory guidelines and key performance benchmarks
Review disaster recovery plans and processes to recommend process enhancements or system changes to improve overall effectiveness
Apply relevant global standards to the organisation's disaster recovery strategy, policies and guidelines
Anticipate potential disasters or crises, and future needs of the organisation's IT infrastructure
Incorporate suitable global standards in the development of disaster recovery strategy, policies and guidelines
Determine cost-effective recovery strategies, emphasizing recovery priorities for the business
Approve the disaster recovery plan, ensuring alignment of RTO, RPO, and supply, user, technical and data recovery processes with the organisation's disaster recovery policies and benchmarks
Develop key performance benchmarks to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of disaster recovery plan
Establish post-disaster assessment protocols to review disaster recovery effectiveness, and maintain oversight of results