Assignment 5: Disaster Recovery Plan

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), and a written DRP analysis. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and /or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Acme National Bank of America (ANBA) has branches in Miami, FL, Detroit, MI, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Denver, CO, St. Louis, MO, and Atlanta, GA. Each branch has workstations or terminals that are connected to a central data center located in Chicago, IL. Each branch also has local servers and desktop computers that are not connected to the central data center.
Senior management is concerned about the following potential events that could affect the operations of ANBA. The events include:

Malfunctioning software
Workstations and servers malfunctions
Failed hard drives
Large-scale natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes
Office fires
Computer virus outbreaks
Power outages caused by winter storm
Terrorist attacks

Section 1: Disaster Recovery Plan

Download the DRP template CIS527_A5_W9_ANBA-DRP.docx. Modify the template to create a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) for ANBA. Provide appropriate and accurate information for the areas outlined in the DRP template.

Section 2: Disaster Recovery Plan Analysis

2. Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

Describe the main objectives of the ANBA DRP.
Explain the key ways that ANBA’s DRP can help mitigate risk in the organization.
Defend the need for DRPs in an enterprise organization such as ANBA.
Infer on the difference between the elements of DRP between different branches of a multinational organization.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Create a disaster recovery plan (DRP) based on the findings of a given risk assessment for an organization.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in IT risk management.
Write clearly and concisely about topics related to IT risk management using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Solution Preview

Modern problems require modern solutions, however, the risk and uncertainty aspect of businesses is no modern problem but modernity has found more efficient ways to reduce the impact of uncertain occurrences in the business environment. Organizations are continually exploiting the importance of clear design disaster recovery plans (DRPs) to respond to risks and thereby minimize the effects of such disasters. A disaster recovery plan is a step by step plan which precisely defines the precautions to minimize the effects of a disaster so that an organization continue to operate or otherwise quickly resume its critical functions (Rouse, 2009). A critical analysis of ANBA’s branch disaster recovery plan structure unearths its main objectives, the key ways in which it can help in risk mitigation for Acme National Bank of America (ANBA), and thereby defending the need for a DRP in an organization.

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