The 3 P's of Disaster Recovery

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know every so often I come out with general rules that can help you in your daily IT life. A few examples include:

• The 8 Rules of Information Security
  
• The "Higher Security Mindset" - Seven Best Practices to Keep you Safe
  
• The 5 Rules of Regulatory Compliance

Today during my presentation I talked about "The 3 P's of Disaster Recovery". In ORDER, they are:

1. People
   
2. Product
   
3. Processes
   

1. People
During recovery, unless your moral compass is a bit out of wack, knowing your people are safe is paramount. There is no business without your people, and they need to be taken care of first.

2. Product
Before you can worry about "turning the business on", you better know you have your "product" available. Maybe thats physical product, your manufacturing systems, or your consulting service. Ensuring thats available lets you start number 3...

3. Processes
Now that your people are in place, and you have the product available, you can start getting the business back up. You will do this by bringing up the systems in order of priority. When you create your asset catalog, you will know which systems need to be up first so you can get back to generating revenue.

Of course this is an over-simplified view of things. But if you remember to follow the 3 P's.... you are on the right track to getting your business back up and running after disaster.