Testing BC/DR plans

- [Instructor] Disaster recovery plans are crucial … to ensuring the continuity of business operations. … As with any security control, … they should be tested to ensure that they function properly … and they'll be ready to restore business operations … in the event of a disruption. … Each test of a disaster recovery plan has two goals. … First, it validates that the plan functions correctly, … and that the technology will work … in the event of a disaster. … Second, it provides an opportunity to identify … necessary updates to the plan … due to technology or business process changes. … Let's talk about five types of disaster recovery testing, … read-throughs, walk-throughs, simulations, … parallel tests, and full-interruption tests. … Read-throughs are the simplest form … of disaster recovery testing. … They're also known as checklist reviews. … In this approach, disaster recovery staff … distribute copies of the current plan … to all personnel involved in disaster recovery efforts, …