Every business and organization can experience a serious incident that can prevent it from continuing normal operations. This can range from a flood or fire to a serious computer malfunction or Information Security incident. While you may not be able to prevent any of these from occurring, planning enables you to resume essential operations more rapidly than if no plan existed.

Loss prevention vs. disaster recovery?

Before proceeding further, it is important to distinguish between loss prevention planning and disaster recovery planning. The focus of loss prevention planning is on minimizing your exposure to the elements of risk that can threaten normal operations. In the technology realm, business loss prevention planning includes such activities as providing for system back-ups, making sure that passwords remain confidential and are changed regularly, and for ensuring operating systems remain secure and free of viruses. Please read below for additional information in these areas.

Disaster recovery planning focuses on the set of actions a business must take to restore service and normal (or as nearly normal as practical) operations in the event that a significant loss has occurred for critical functions.

Galaxy IT Services can provide you with a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that will help you to recover from an unplanned event in the minimal amount of time. In creating the plan, we will look for the common elements in any disaster: i.e., loss of information, loss of personnel, loss of equipment, loss of access to information and facilities, and design the contingency program around all main activities your business performs.