Can you talk about why DR testing is crucial to a DR plan, what testing involves and some best practices for effective testing?
When we talk about DR planning and we talk about the lifecycle around that, the entry state is disaster avoidance and preparedness. Once you’ve started building your DR plan, it is not complete until you’ve actually tested it. That’s really the first step to making sure that your plan is effective and complete. Besides making sure your plan is ready, DR testing also offers a great opportunity for internally training your staff. It creates awareness around DR and allows you to run a potential scenario and make sure that your people are up to speed on all the procedures that need to be implemented in the event of a disaster. Another aspect is that it ties right into your DR plan maintenance. As you are testing, you are highlighting potential issues or gaps in your plan. But you’re also identifying changes that may have taken place in your IT infrastructure as time passes and it gives you a chance to identify changes that you’ve overlooked, and then adapt your plan without being stuck, sh
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