The Recovery Strategy Development (RSD) will build on the findings from the Business Impact Analysis, and produce a cost/benefit analysis of recovery strategy alternatives.

The objective is to identify several recovery solutions with their associated costs and Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objectives.  From these solutions, the client can select the strategy that it plans to pursue by balancing the costs of recovery alternatives with their Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objectives.

This service will review and analyze the client’s current documentation and information sources related to its environment and its disaster recovery requirements. The review will include the current recovery strategy, capabilities and requirements, and the current technical environment.

CSO will develop potential disaster recovery solutions for each platform.  CSO will identify technology dependencies, constraints and barriers to recovery, and recovery solution cost estimates for budgetary and planning purposes.

Most clients are required to have a disaster recovery plan implemented and tested as a regulatory and/or fiduciary requirement.

The RSD continues the work of the BIA to create a detailed cost benefit analysis of alternative recovery strategies.

Deliverable

The deliverable from this project is a detailed report showing recovery strategy options that are designed to meet your Recovery Time Objectives and still meet your budget.