DRP Status: Check Peer Progress to Plan Effectively

Author(s): Ross Armstrong, Sarah Kearse

Info-Tech Research Group published survey results outlining a number of Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) project issues in October of 2007. Nearly one year later, a new survey has uncovered the progress that IT shops have been making in their recovery efforts.

Small enterprise DRP trends discussed in this research note include:

  • IT department progress in conducting threat assessments and risk analyses.
  • IT staff perception of its own DRP and the plan's effectiveness.
  • Key takeaways from these trends and how to improve DRP initiatives.

Understanding how peers view their DRP procedures can help IT professionals to spot gaps in their own plans.