Business Disaster Recovery

Before the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh, successive natural disasters in Alor and Nabire. Afterward consecutive major cities in Indonesia were approached by the floods. Hammer had a turn last hit by an earthquake. Suddenly our consciousness unfolds, that this country is really prone to natural disasters. Previously, we feel sorry for the Japanese, regarding it as an earthquake country. And it turns out disaster facing this country is not only natural disasters. Many of the man-made disasters such as terrorism and riots.

This disaster can disrupt and even stop the business in total. And even may not rise again. A flood that was not anticipated by either bringing a significant impact on the pulse of business. Many organizations are disturbed activities of the business, starting a 'minor' disorders such as electricity and telecommunications, to the paralysis of activities for the office or production facility is under water. Means an interruption in business processes 'normal' members of the organization that causes the difficulty to optimize the functions of existing organizations, and thus can be categorized as a crisis or disaster.

Adverse events and disasters that hit the world of business can take many forms. Ranging from natural disasters like earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Sumatra and Aceh and the floods that hit Jakarta and other cities, technological disasters (fire, leakage of hazardous substances) to the employees who strike. All adverse events and crises that could potentially stop the normal process of business that has been and is being run require immediate treatment (immediate) of the management and anticipation for the future.

Among his own business there is a tendency to use the term more 'bright', which further highlight the term optimism. One is the use of the term Business continuity plan more comprehensively assessed to ensure it remains able to 'making money' compared with the term Disaster Recovery Business more refers to an unpleasant incident. Though essentially the same, be proactive in anticipating risks, a process that helps prepare businesses so as to keep functioning after a disaster, not only large-scale disasters like the Tsunami terrible disaster yesterday or 'seasonal' of flooding in the capital and other cities. Business Disaster Recovery also includes countermeasures against business interruption 'smaller' can not be functioning as a result of software viruses affected computers.

Why bother to prepare Business Disaster Recovery? When the opening of this article felt not enough as the reason, perhaps you can imagine the following situation. If you say, destroyed the office building (hopefully not), still can to continue to serve clients and to continue in business? On a smaller scale as there is someone who holds key positions suddenly invalid and could not continue his work, is there anyone else who can forward it? A little more broadly, whether the damage will be considered a failure of control that can undermine business reputation of your business?

Faced with an emergency situation (emergency response), recovery from disaster (disaster recovery), recovery of business (business recovery), start a business back (business resumption), and an alternative plan (contingency plan), and crisis management (crisis management) is the essence of Business Disaster Recovery.

In practice, Business Disaster Recovery should include how employees communicate, where they should go, and how they can still work. The details may vary, depending on the size and scale of the enterprise and how business is run. For some business sectors, supply chain logistics are probably the most crucial issue and the focus of the plan. Other business sectors that rely on information technology should perhaps be focused on system recovery. Priorities in this focus does not mean to ignore other fields, let alone there is always a relation between the field so that field that is focused not function without support from other fields.

Although the existing Disaster Recovery Business field is focused, but which can not be forgotten that the lifeblood of the Business Disaster Recovery is communication, especially in relation to the aspects of coordination. Coordination is true from beginning to end, from setting priorities, determining the person in charge (PIC), to communication to employees both before and after the disaster.

Business Disaster Recovery starts from the analysis of the potential impact of disasters by identifying and systematically measuring the potential extent of damage from any disaster scenario. This step is useful to help understand the potential loss that can occur both financially, reputation, and the impact of regulations.

From the analysis of potential impacts of this disaster will also know the needs of business and prioritasisasi required for restoration as well as the prediction of recovery time. By knowing these results can then be prepared for disaster recovery strategy. Included are the determining tendency which is greater risk occurs.

The strategy has been prepared can be lowered into the Business Continuity Plan. The quality plan is not determined by the complexity due to the complexity is often triggered new problems, especially if a large scale disaster. Hence the basic principles of a quality plan are: easily created, customized, and executed.

This plan must be equipped with emergency response plan (ERP), which also includes the creation of a team consisting of members with specific responsibilities in the event of an emergency situation (emergency response team), the flow of action in an emergency situation (emergency flowchart) and evacuation procedures. Emergency response plan must be supported by general emergency procedure (GEP). This procedure should be easily understood and executed. To facilitate the preparation of this plan, at least formal approach can refer to ISO 17799 is an international safety standards.

Business Continuity Plan should always be tested, by performing the review, are reviewed and revised based on the latest situation. Steps need to be done in an effort to adjust to the development needs of business, technology and the possibility of changing the sources of information which are vital to the recovery effort.

Shortages that often occur in the implementation of the Business Disaster Recovery, among others, lack of planning, training, and support of top level. Exercise is necessary not only passively as a simulation on paper or just role play, because exercise will increase the response and avoid the Overlook.

To get top management support, need to be presented the risk of potential losses financially. Decisions will be based on how much risk would be borne and how many companies are ready to spend to mitigate the risk? There is a tug (trade off) between the costs and benefits that will be reached. Companies with smaller scale tend to have many options and the cost of which is of course cheaper in Business Disaster Recovery compared to larger companies. In backing up data, for example, small-scale enterprises can do it more simply.

Questions to the top level above can also catapult us to ourselves, how much attention we give to the Business Disaster Recovery, having realized our country was prone to disaster?