Ready Business โ IT Disaster Recovery Checklist: 14 Items
Prepare secure restoration of critical business systems, backups, vendors, and access following an outage or disaster.
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๐ก๏ธ Prepare Before an Emergency
Notes: Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Notes: Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Notes: Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Notes: Identify system owners and restoration priorities.
Identify system owners and restoration priorities.
Notes: Coordinate with business continuity requirements.
Coordinate with business continuity requirements.
Notes: Test that backups are readable and restorable.
Test that backups are readable and restorable.
Notes: Keep emergency credentials secured and controlled.
Keep emergency credentials secured and controlled.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Separate backup privileges and verify integrity.
Separate backup privileges and verify integrity.
Notes: Check compatibility and supply availability.
Check compatibility and supply availability.
Notes: Restore identity, communications, and essential services safely.
Restore identity, communications, and essential services safely.
Notes: Avoid testing directly against live customer data.
Avoid testing directly against live customer data.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Check logs and critical transactions before reopening.
Check logs and critical transactions before reopening.
Notes: Coordinate with continuity and communications leads.
Coordinate with continuity and communications leads.
Notes: Update runbooks and security controls.
Update runbooks and security controls.
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Prepare secure restoration of critical business systems, backups, vendors, and access following an outage or disaster.
Follow current alerts and instructions from local officials. Hazards, climate, geography, access requirements, and household needs can change which actions are appropriate.
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This practical checklist is an independent, English-language adaptation of the Ready.gov preparedness topic. It does not reproduce FEMA publications and is not endorsed by FEMA or any U.S. government agency.
Use this checklist to organize preparations and recovery tasks. In an active emergency, follow the latest official instructions rather than relying on a static checklist.
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