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Every organization needs to have a disaster recovery plan to ensure that it will survive any catastrophe. Internal auditors are in a very good position to help in the development of a viable, up-to-date contingency plan because of their detailed knowledge of the company and how departments function and interact. Although such plans need to be tailored to the specific needs of an organization, every disaster planning process must involve several measures. These include seeking senior management guidelines and prioritizing operations, looking for the company's unique weaknesses and other significant risks, planning strategies to restore operations, creating a disaster team, and conducting a complete inventory of equipment, files and other items. The plan should also be documented, evaluated and revised, if need be. The final recovery plan should pass through the audit department for review and comments.See the full content of this document
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Disaster recovery planning.
It could never happen to us.
Disasters strike with impunity. Whole regions can be wiped out by a cataclysmic earthquake or hurricane; but disasters more commonly strike on a smaller scale and in many different forms. A company may lose its key decision-maker, a computer system may be wiped out by an insidious virus, or a key plant may be struck by lightning. Regardless of the size or shape of the disaster, the results can be devastating. Too many individuals, department...See the full content of this document
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