BRIEF: Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) are complex documents that contain a wealth of information about the IT operationsof an enterprise and yet must present that information in a format that is easily consumable during an actual emergency.

Building on your choice oforganization from the Case study industry your team researched inAS1,you have been given the following task:

You are the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in your organization, and you have been tasked by Management to develop a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) to enable your organization to be more resilient in the advent of a disaster. The list of disasters affecting Supply chains for you to take into consideration includes but is not limited to: Industrial hazard, Natural disasters, Cyber-Crime, Terrorism and Pandemics.

You are required to create a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and should cover the critical aspects of the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) as below:

• Introduction
• Purpose
• Scope
• Disaster Recovery Team And Responsibilities
• Recovery Plan for Hot Site
• Communicating during a disaster
• Disaster Recovery Procedures
• Testing And Maintaining The Disaster Recovery Plan
• References
• Conclusion
• Appendices (Communication Plan etc.)

The Disaster Recovery Plan Template can be found here:

NOTE:

• You must provide a list of your references using the Harvard referencing style

(Minimum 15)

Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is relevant considering the fact that it is a task which requires using real life scenarios to evaluate resilience building in the value chain. The assessment will also aid and improve the management skills and problem-solving skills of the students.