...Backup Systems and Plans There are many reasons why you need to your home computer and there are just as many different scenarios on the best way to accomplish a complete PC backup solution. The one thing you need to keep in mind is that you do need a full backup of your computer if you have any valuable data stored on the hard drive. Computers do crash and there is a multitude of factors that could cause the crash. What is a Hard Drive Crash? You could have a hardware failure where your hard drive decides not to work anymore for any apparent reason. This happens more often than you would expect. Hard drive reliability should be a major concern. There is also the distinct possibility that your Operating System may just decide that it does not want to boot up anymore. It happens more often than you may think and you should be prepared for a fast recovery. Create a Computer Image or Clone The need for an image of your computer is a no-brainer. Whether you load a Windows Operating System yourself or buy a new computer, it may take you two or three-hours to get the PC just the way you want it. You need to load your favorite applications, set up your email account and download all of the security updates from Windows Update. After all that work is done, why would anyone want to do it again? Computers crash for various reasons. When your computer crashes, would you rather spend three-hours loading everything back up or a few minutes restoring an image? Most people would choose the...
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...Insurance BCP William Gardner May 9, 2015 Task B. Create a business contingency plan (BCP) that the company would follow if faced with a major business disruption (e.g., hurricane, tornado, terrorist attack, loss of a data center, the sudden loss of a call center in a foreign country, the collapse of a financial market or other catastrophic event) in which you include the following: 1. Analyze strategic pre-incident changes the company would follow to ensure the well-being of the enterprise. 2. Analyze the ethical use and protection of sensitive data. 3. Analyze the ethical use and protection of customer records. 4. Discuss the communication plan to be used during and following the disruption. 5. Discuss restoring operations after the disruption has occurred (post-incident). Since 1919, A.I.I. has been in the business of insuring businesses and people from losses incurred through disasters. For 95 years (A.I.I.) has stood by its clients as they faced many challenges from the financial collapse of 1929 to the drought of the dust bowl years and even the ravages of World War Two. Assisting our clients in the face of hurricanes, tornados and even terrorist attacks is an everyday occurrence at A.I.I... However, who is planning and preparing for A.I.I.? A BCP is a plan to do exactly that, during the financial collapse of 2008 several flaws in the existing plans were exposed; flaws that not even the terrible events of September 11th 2001 had exposed....
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...1876 Linux Project Part 4 Design a Backup plan First World Bank Savings and Loans IT task team will be responsible for designing a backup plan for all servers on First world banks network. All servers on the network, owned by First World Bank, will be backed up each day at 2:30 am. There will be a designated on site server, and also an off site server. This better protects the data, by storing a backup configuration on site and off site as part of the disaster recovery plan. A third party will be used for cloud storage( of site backup) . The company First World Bank has chosen is a company called Barracuda. The Barracuda Backup appliance lets administrators quickly automate policies for backup and recovering servers and applications to regulations such as FINRA, HIPAA and others. If disaster strikes, the Barracuda Backup restores applications servers and files effortlessly. The Barracuda Backup will have servers back in operation and all files restored in an efficient and timely manner, much faster than standard backup methods. For disaster recovery, the Barracuda Backup maintains duplicate copies of backed up data. First world bank savings and loans will also have on on site server that will be used for disaster recovery, but is more ideal for single server, or service failure. The offsite Backup server will better resolve full network failure, and disaster situations such as tornadoes, hurricanes, fires and flooding. The backups will be stored using the TFTP service...
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...Project Security Plan This plan was developed by David Hanuschak, Managing Director of On-point Technologies, in cooperation with other key members of the On-point Technologies staff. About On-point Technologies We are a three man great solution for your networking needs. On-point technologies are top rated with the Better Business Bureau for customer satisfaction. Objectives This security plan is our first. We will take a broad view of the security risks facing the firm and take prompt action to reduce our exposure. Everyone remembers the virus attack we had earlier this year, and we hope to avoid another disaster like that! However, I hope that by taking a wider view, we may be able to plan for threats we don’t know about yet. I realize that we are limited in time, people, and (of course) cash. Our main priority is to continue to grow a successful business. We cannot hope for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-like security, and it wouldn’t be good for our culture to turn On-point into Fort Knox. The project team has weighed these constraints carefully in deciding what to do and has tried to strike a balance between practicality, cost, comfort, and security measures. We are all convinced, however, that doing nothing is not an option. I am taking responsibility for leading this review and ensuring that all the action items are carried out. I am concerned about the risks we face, although having reviewed the plan, I am sure we can address them properly. This...
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...To have a Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan for big companies and businesses is very important. Having this can save a company and ruin without it. There are many factors for a network to shut down or malfunction. National disasters and man-made disasters can always happen and to have such plan will at least guarantee a company to continuously running in a productive way. There are so many vendors out there who promote backup and recovery solutions in case of emergency. A company should always assess what their needs in case of an emergency and should always see if their chosen vendor can provide them with the service that they need. For a business to have a concise and useful recovery plan they should always focus on the problems that are likely to occur. “Focusing your plan on disaster results means contemplating problems such as loss of a single server, loss of the entire server room, loss of all of the customer service workstation computers, and so forth, without worrying about the possible disasters that might cause those results” (Hallberg, p. 163). A company should first assess the needs that the plan must meet. Identifying the needs of the company will not only give them a clear vision of what the plan must address, but also which other people from the different parts of the company should be involve in the planning process. Knowing the root of the problem is the first step in solving the problem. When planning for backup and disaster recovery plan one should consider...
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...Contingency Plan Template Appendix I-3 CONTINGENCY PLAN Version Submitted to: Submitted By: Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 1 2 Introduction 1 2.1 Purpose 3 2.2 Scope 3 2.3 Plan Information 3 3 Contingency Plan Overview 4 3.1 Applicable Provisions and Directives 4 3.2 Objectives 4 3.3 Organization 5 3.4 Contingency Phases 8 3.4.1 Response Phase 8 3.4.2 Resumption Phase 8 3.4.3 Recovery Phase 8 3.4.4 Restoration Phase 9 3.5 Assumptions 9 3.6 Critical Success Factors and Issues 9 3.7 Mission Critical Systems/Applications/Services 10 3.8 Threats 10 3.8.1 Probable Threats 11 4 System Description 12 4.1 Physical Environment 12 4.2 Technical Environment 12 5 Plan 12 5.1 Plan Management 12 5.1.1 Contingency Planning Workgroups 12 5.1.2 Contingency Plan Coordinator 12 5.1.3 System Contingency Coordinators 13 5.1.4 Incident Notification 13 5.1.5 Internal Personnel Notification 13 5.1.6 External Contact Notification 13 5.1.7 Media Releases 14 5.1.8 Alternate Site (s) 14 5.2 Teams 14 5.2.1 Damage Assessment Team 14 5.2.2 Operations Team 15 5.2.3 Communications Team 15 5.2.4 Data Entry and Control Team 15 5.2.5 Off-Site Storage Team 15 5.2.6 Administrative Management Team 15 5.2.7 Procurement Team 15 5.2.8 Configuration Management Team 16 5.2...
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...Veterinary Office Software There is a multitude of planning and purchasing that goes with opening any business, including a veterinary practice of any size. One of the necessary purchases that can have a major impact on the efficiency of a veterinary clinic is what software program will be used by the clinic. There are many different software programs available on the market today, and it can be a daunting task to select the one that would work the best for a particular hospital. There seems to be an unlimited mixture of choices and features, giving customers the chance to decide what is most important to them and their particular practice. Three programs stood out to me as I did some research, and those three are Infinity, Intravet, and DVMAX. Infinity by Impromed, which also produces several other software brands, claims to be” The oldest developer of business and medical management software for the veterinary industry”The company began producing veterinary office software in 1979. In 2011 Impromed joined forces with Henry Schein Animal Health. Intravet is the creation of Patterson Companies Incorporated, which is based in Effingham, Illinois. Patterson Companies is a specialty distributor serving veterinary, dental and rehabilitation supply markets. DVMAX is a division of IDEXX Laboratories. IDEXX is an international company with eight locations in the United States with company headquarters in Westbrook Maine. IDEXX Laboratories works to “bring the world diagnostics and...
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...Define the two types of backups supported by Active Directory. Describe the difference between each of these backup strategies; how they are implemented and what tools can be deployed to accomplish these tasks. Active directory has two different types of backups. They are NTBACKUP and Windows Server Backup. The Windows Server Backup is the only “all in one” type of backup. It allows you to work with Volume Shadow Copy Service snapshots in Active Directory. The Window’s Server Backup lets you backup to direct-attached disk volumes, network shares, external hard drives and even DVD’s. You are also able to utilize Group Policy settings to help keep the files safe from people who should not have access to them. The next backup option is NTBACKUP which is a file based backup tool but it has been replaced with the Windows Server Backup. 2. Explain fragmentation. Compare and contrast online defragmentation and offline defragmentation. Fragmentation is when parts of a file are saved in several different areas on the hard disk instead of all together. Online defragmentation is an automated defragmentation process that runs on a schedule. With online defragmentation the physical size of the database is not reduced. Offline defragmentation is just the opposite of online. Offline defragmentation is used to shrink the database size by removing the unused spaces. 3. What factors must be considered and planned to implement a successful Disaster Recovery Plan for a network using...
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...Central Arkansas Family Doctor’s PLLC Security and Maintenance Plan Overview Central Arkansas Family Doctor’s IT personnel will be trained for the management, planning, quality testing, so that future renovation and implementation of new hardware, software, network updates , network security methods, and practices to sustain a strong, compatible, and reliable network communication between all three of the medical facilities. Cost Regulatory cost for planning, installing, and designing , including employee training can be found within the Cost analysis and Training Plan. Security Central Arkansas Family Doctors Clinic will be responsible for securing the Central office, and management of security. Standard Operation/Business practices Backup of files and database storage will take place at the central office every 24 hours. The system will automatically reboot and backup files at 3am every morning. Configuration management, problem report management, customer support, lifecycle testing, risk identification, data sharing and risk mitigation will be will be handled by CAFD IT personnel, and network management. Roles and Responsibilities IT management at the Little Rock Central Office will be responsible for network maintenance, Security updates, help desk support, documentation training and security operations. CAFD clinic will rely on experienced network engineers, current and future IT staff as well as contract employee’s and interns. Office managers...
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...|Introduction |Electronic backups are a business requirement to enable the recovery of data and applications in the | | |case of events such as natural disasters, system disk drive failures, espionage, data entry errors, or | | |system operations errors. | |Purpose |The purpose of the [AGENCY] Backup/DRP Policy is to establish the rules for the backup and storage of | | |electronic [AGENCY] information. | |Audience |The [AGENCY] Backup/DRP Policy applies to all individuals within the [AGENCY] enterprise that are | | |responsible for the installation and support of Information Resources, individuals charged with | | |Information Resources Security and data owners. | |Definitions |Information Resources (IR): any and all computer printouts, online display devices, magnetic storage | | |media, and all computer-related activities involving any device capable of receiving email, browsing Web| | |sites, or otherwise capable...
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...To Whom It May Concern I have been working on some question that will help us to develop and maintain software developments here are some questions that should be asked. 1. Which of your departments would need which of the different kind of software that we have? 2. What is the software that you would need to be distributed to the different departments from question 1? 3. Would you need them to be option or mandatory software updates? 4. Would there be any exceptions to the group that I assign the updates too. In other words is there anyone that you do not want to get the software? 5. Could I get a list of all you users and how many computers that the software updates will affect? 6. How often would you like the software deployed and how often is the systems backed up. 7. What kind of computer virus protection do you have? 8. How often would you like the software to be updated? 9. Do you have anyone that I could add to the administrator list that could help with the Maintenance of the software application? 10. Is there any software that you would like to be removed from your system and what is the name of said software? Hope this helps let me know if I can help you out anymore yours truly Sherry Thornton Dear Mr. Manager I have reviewed you following email and this is what I would do to I would make sure know of your computer have windows XP as a operating system let me know I could update them for you. Also I would use group...
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...Technology Contingency Plan Template After completion, print this out and place somewhere accessible in case of a technology failure. Two Alternative Computers Identify a minimum of two alternative computers that you could use at any time throughout the semester other than the primary computer you plan to use normally. Alternative Computer 1: Location: Hours: Alternative Computer 2: Location: Hours: Technology Support Services Using the information available in the “Course Support” link in your courseroom, complete the following for technology support services in case you are unable to access your computer or the World Wide Web during a technology failure and the Student Support Team for all general technical, financial, materials, and registrar-related inquiries. Technical Help Desk: Email: Phone: Hours: Student Support Team: Email: Phone: Hours: Weekly Backup Schedule Backup or save your course files weekly to an external drive (recommended), recordable CD or DVD, floppy disk, or other data storage device. As a result, even in the event that you cannot access your computer, you will continue to have access to important material. Directions for how to save a file are at the end of this document. Contact the Student Support Team if you need assistance with this process. My backup strategy is (provide full details): Faculty Contact—Write down the contact information for your Faculty Member available from the courseroom in the...
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...Plan Approval Provide a statement in accordance with the agency’s contingency planning policy to affirm that the ISCP is complete, and has been tested sufficiently. The statement should also affirm that the designated authority is responsible for continued maintenance and testing of the ISCP. This statement should be approved and signed by the system designated authority. Space should be provided for the designated authority to sign, along with any other applicable approving signatures. A sample language is provided below: As the designated authority for {system name}, I hereby certify that the information system contingency plan (ISCP) is complete and that the information contained in this ISCP provides an accurate representation of the application, its hardware, software, and telecommunication components. I further certify that this document identifies the criticality of the system as it relates to the mission of the {Omega Research Inc}, and that the recovery strategies identified will provide the ability to recover the system functionality in the most expedient and cost-beneficial method in keeping with its level of criticality. I further attest that this ISCP for {Information System Contingency Plan} will be tested at least annually. This plan was last tested on {12/3/2011}; the test, training, and exercise (TT&E) material associated with this test can be found {TT&E results appendix or location}. This document will be modified as changes occur and will remain under version...
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... The following report will take you through our completed risk matrix, narratives about the risks and controls, and provide a summary of our findings. The areas covered include: * BCP/Disaster Recovery * Backup and Recovery * Physical Security * Logical Security * Documentation and Policies & Procedures * Change and Patch Management * Computer Operations We hope that this assessment meets your requirements. Should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact anyone of the individuals below that assisted in the preparation of the report. Best Regards, Sara Colle, Aaron Hughes, Mohammed Kahn, Paul Koller Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery 1. RISKS – Loss of customers, loss of profits, loss or reputation, loss of government approval to do business Hurricane Sandy recently paralyzed New York City, the financial capital of the world. This event highlighted the importance of Business Continuity Planning for organizations. Disasters come in various forms including: fire, pandemic, terrorism, biological attacks, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, flooding, earthquakes, and acts of god. Bob’s Inc.’s management has confirmed that a full Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery plan exists and is annually tested and updated....
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...that the creating a data base is in itself the major goal, protecting that data base should a disaster befall it is as important. There are numerous ways to do this. This paper deals with the best practices of how to accomplish this. The first thing should be to make a backup plan. This should: 1. A computer where the backup will be stored 2. What programs that will be used to back up the database 3, The computers to be backed up 4. A schedule of when to backup new data to the data base 5. The offsite location where the data base recovery data will be stored The second practice is to document all the changes that are made to the database. These include service packs, hot fixes and QFEs that have been applied. This is crucial for getting a data base restored to its original state should a disaster occur. These steps should be implemented to help prevent or minimize the effects of a disaster: * Have software and firmware make updates readily available * Have copied of all software on disks readily available and securely kept * Make a plan to monitor all the servers used actively. This is very important because a failure on the primary host may not be recovered for up to 10 minutes from the backup server * Maintain hardware records and...
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