Top Ten Disaster Recovery Lessons

  • Establish Disaster Recovery Processes – Communications, Command and Control
  • Preventative, Proactive, Predictive – 3P Model
  • Position physical resources at optimal locations for fast response
  • Risk analysis – hardening of critical infrastructure
  • Design wireless towers for worst-case scenario taking into account loading, antenna, and power
  • Keep equipment sheltered above sea level
  • Establish a crisis management plan – planning for what to do when things go wrong
  • Establish coordinated restoration and recovery effort that includes everyone participating
  • Design for five 9’s of reliability
  • Design for coordinated information delivery system for everyone