Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Plan Page 14
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46YOUR COMPANY
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan
Critical functions will be restored for the most part in the order the functions have been
listed however recovery efforts will more than likely be simultaneous for all Critical
functions.
Classification of Disasters
The impact of a disaster will be assessed by the ERMT and classified as follows.
Level 1 - No interruption in operations.
Level 2 - Some facility and computer equipment damages observed, but
operations can be resumed within 8 hours.
Level 3 - Moderate damage to the facility and/or the computer equipment is
observed, but operations can be resumed within 8 to 48 hours.
Level 4 - Major facility and computer equipment damage is observed with
interruption in operations for over 48 hours. All personnel and functions must be
moved to the Designated Alternate Site.
Recovery procedures have been developed considering the seriousness of a disaster
and the levels described above. Most functions have recovery procedures that will be
used in all Level 1, 2 or 3 disasters and then additional procedures to be used for a
Level 4 disaster. For example, manual processing will be used for most emergencies
lasting up to 48 hours (Levels 1, 2 and 3) before processing is actually moved to the
offsite location due to a Level 4 disaster.
Declaring a Disaster
Once an emergency or disaster has occurred, the Alternate Emergency Coordinator,
the ERMT member assigned with Damage Assessment responsibility, will assess the
damage in order to determine the level of the disaster. A disaster will be declared only
if the damage is determined to be major, sufficiently warranting a Level 4 status. The
ERMT Team Leader, Emergency Coordinator and Alternate Emergency Coordinator will
meet after the initial damage assessment to collaborate on such a decision. At that
point a disaster will be declared, emergency and recovery procedures will be
implemented, and Organization functions will move to the alternate location defined
below. Two of these individuals (Team Leader, Emergency Coordinator or Alternate
Emergency Coordinator) may also declare a disaster if all three are not available to
discuss the situation.
Alternate Locations
Revision Date: February 14, 2014
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