ISSN 2348-1196 (print) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research ISSN 2348-120X (online) Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp: (98-105), Month: July - September 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Disaster Recovery Plan for Network Service Provider Sultan Z Al-Khaldi DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7116002
Published Date: 27-September-2022
Abstract: We cannot prevent accident or outages in business even with low probability risk, major outages could destroy a company, if it does not have an effective business continuity plan or disaster recovery plan. It may impact its reputation severely. This paper discusses the importance of such plan with the risk and cost analysis related to disaster recovery. The design of network should be tolerance for failure and consider redundancy for devices which has high impact on the operations. The network team should practice hardening the network equipment's by disabling unsecure protocols and fix vulnerabilities in timely manner. In addition, design a portable communication room that can be used in case of major outage take place. Also define the location of these portables that will help in fast recovery of services. Finally discuss the importance of conducting regular drills and assure the effectiveness of disaster recovery plan. Keywords: Disaster recovery plan, risk analysis, IT networking, business continuity.
1. INTRODUCTION The world is advancing at a rapid pace. Since the start of simple machines that helped human beings in daily tasks, humanity has progressed rapidly towards a bright future. The technological advancements made today have proven to be significantly useful in making life easier. The advancements made in every field of science and technology owe their success to the use and implementation of information and communication systems. The use of information and communication systems has made the world into a global village, making it significantly easy and simple to communicate with anyone across the globe in a matter of seconds. The use and implementation of information and communication technology have applications in every field and domain of life, from medicine, engineering, to infrastructure and architecture along with avionics and aviation. The innovation in the field of information and communication technology has made it possible for scientists and researchers to explore new dimensions to improve the communication systems responsible for transmitting data from one place to another. The use of networking is embedded in the foundations of communication. Without the use of network technology, communication between large enterprises transferring and transmitting data over multiple domains would become impossible. Information technology has become an integral part of human resource management and operational functions. Information technology plays a critical role in the configuration and storage of information by the use of software networks, hardware, and other devices. Business enterprises all over the world rely on the use of networking and information communication. Initially from wired networks technology, the innovation in the field of networking has opened new domains in wireless networks. Computer networks have significant advantages in terms of communication and transfer of data. The study being conducted will cover various detailed aspects of network communication, information systems, outages at the network level and their effects, recovery plan and process from outages on different levels of the networks and its effects on the information and communication system. It would be a wise to investigate all the risks that may affect the company operations, set a plan to prevent the risks or lower the probability of those risks and minimize their impacts. In addition, to have a solid plan to recover the operations if any
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