George Mizen BTEC ICT Level 3 Unit 7
D1 – DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT
YOU CAN RECOVER FROM A DISASTER
When a terrible software glitch causes your personal computer to crash, it can feel
like the end of the world, especially if that crash results in a loss of data. This feeling
is especially worsened if an organisation loses a months’ worth of valuable data.
There are two types of disasters that can affect an organisation:
➢ Natural Disaster – This type of disaster is one that occurs without human
intervention i.e. happens naturally. Examples include floods, tornadoes,
hurricanes and earthquakes. Humans cannot stop these disasters. The
consequences to an organisation includes power failures, destroyed
equipment and a substantial loss of data and life.
➢ Unnatural Disaster – This type of disaster is one that occurs with human
intervention i.e. humans cause it. Examples include an employee accidently
deleting an important document or a malicious hacker infecting a system.
Humans can stop these disasters. The consequences to an organisation
includes (for each example respectively) having to redo the document
because they didn’t back it up and having severe damage to their system.
If these disasters were ever to occur, it is of the upmost importance that your
organisation be able to recover, both financially and through the loss of productivity.
Ensuring that your organisation can bounce back from these losses and/or prevent
them from ever happening in the first place is crucial. One procedure that can begin
the road to recovery from a disaster is having a disaster recovery policy:
➢ Disaster Recovery Policy – This is a document that outlines the steps that
your employees must take in the event of a disaster, whether that be natural
(flood) or unnatural (accidental loss of data). Having a policy in place ensures
that the recovery process can begin and end quickly, saving the organisation
money that would’ve otherwise been spent over a longer period of time trying
to get back on their feet. An example of what should be in the policy is that all
valuable data is regularly backed-up and stored on a network server as a loss
of data will result in significant downtime for a business.
D1 – DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT
YOU CAN RECOVER FROM A DISASTER
When a terrible software glitch causes your personal computer to crash, it can feel
like the end of the world, especially if that crash results in a loss of data. This feeling
is especially worsened if an organisation loses a months’ worth of valuable data.
There are two types of disasters that can affect an organisation:
➢ Natural Disaster – This type of disaster is one that occurs without human
intervention i.e. happens naturally. Examples include floods, tornadoes,
hurricanes and earthquakes. Humans cannot stop these disasters. The
consequences to an organisation includes power failures, destroyed
equipment and a substantial loss of data and life.
➢ Unnatural Disaster – This type of disaster is one that occurs with human
intervention i.e. humans cause it. Examples include an employee accidently
deleting an important document or a malicious hacker infecting a system.
Humans can stop these disasters. The consequences to an organisation
includes (for each example respectively) having to redo the document
because they didn’t back it up and having severe damage to their system.
If these disasters were ever to occur, it is of the upmost importance that your
organisation be able to recover, both financially and through the loss of productivity.
Ensuring that your organisation can bounce back from these losses and/or prevent
them from ever happening in the first place is crucial. One procedure that can begin
the road to recovery from a disaster is having a disaster recovery policy:
➢ Disaster Recovery Policy – This is a document that outlines the steps that
your employees must take in the event of a disaster, whether that be natural
(flood) or unnatural (accidental loss of data). Having a policy in place ensures
that the recovery process can begin and end quickly, saving the organisation
money that would’ve otherwise been spent over a longer period of time trying
to get back on their feet. An example of what should be in the policy is that all
valuable data is regularly backed-up and stored on a network server as a loss
of data will result in significant downtime for a business.
