Disaster Recovery Policy Template for SMEs

What Is a Disaster Recovery Plan?

A disaster recovery (DR) plan defines how your business recovers IT systems after a major incident — server room flood, ransomware attack, extended power outage, or pandemic. Without a DR plan, recovery is ad-hoc, slow, and expensive. With a plan, you know exactly what to do, who does it, and how long it takes.

DR Plan Structure

• Recovery Time Objective (RTO): Maximum acceptable downtime per system.
• Recovery Point Objective (RPO): Maximum acceptable data loss (measured in time).
• Critical systems list: Ranked by business impact.
• Recovery procedures: Step-by-step for each critical system.
• Communication plan: Who to notify, how, and when.

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