An organisation is developing revised business continuity (BCPs) and disaster recovery plans (DRPs) for its headquarters facility and network of 20 branches. The current plans have not been updated in more than 8 years, during which time the organisation has grown by over 300 percent. There are 700 employees at the headquarters and they connect over the Local Area Network (LAN) to an array of more than 60 applications, database and file print servers located in the corporate data center and over the frame relay network to the branch offices. Traveling users access corporate systems remotely by connecting over the internet using virtual private networking (VPN). Critical applications have a recovery time objective (RTO) of between 3 and 5 days. Each branch office has between 20 to 35 employees plus mail server and file/print server. Backup media for data center are stored at a third-party facility 50 kms away. Backups for servers are located at nearby branch offices. Current contracts with a third party hot site provider include 25 servers, work area space equipped with desktop computers to accommodate 100 individuals, and a separate agreement to ship up to two servers and 10 desktop computers to any branch office declaring an emergency. The contract term is for 3 years, with equipment upgrades occurring at renewal time. He hot site provider has multiple facilities throughout the country in case the primary facility is in use by another customer or rendered unavailable by the disaster. Senior management desires that any enhancements be as cost effective as possible.

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On the basis of the above information, recommend to the organisations business continuity (BCPs) and disaster recovery plans (DRPs) management which should be the hot site and motivate your answer by describing fully the reasons also making reference to the above case study scenario (10) There is a part b but i will post as a new question