Expert offers several disaster recovery tips

A recent CIO report by Rachel Dines discussed the importance of a proper disaster recovery plan to protect mission-critical data.

According to the writer, organizations that lack a proper solution in place will likely fail to recover their IT operations should an incident take place.

"Business owners play a vital role in your DR exercises, and you need to involve them from the start of the exercise until you have recovered all services," wrote Dines. "Business stakeholders should verify the successful recovery of services."

Workers who develop the disaster recovery testing program should not be the ones who actually execute the plan, because they may not always be available during an incident, according to the writer.

Another key aspect of proper recovery is ensuring all aspects of an IT infrastructure is tested each year to, added Dines.

Since disaster recovery is critical for all businesses, one way companies can improve their standing is through the use of cloud-based email continuity solutions. Organizations with these systems in place can access all of their files because they are stored off-site and they can return to their operations following a disruption.