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Disaster Recovery

Capabilities  Key Benefits  Experience 

VGS, Inc. will aid management in defining all critical applications and assist your organization in creating a disaster recovery management team.   Disaster recovery is an organization-wide concern and is not confined strictly to the IT department.  All business units must be included in the plan for a successful recovery to full operating status.

A preliminary risk analysis is performed to identify business critical applications and functions.  Once those functions have been identified and documented, we prepare a structured approach to disaster recovery for your organization. 

Through one-on-one interviews with our CISSP certified consultants and your organization's key people, we assist you in analyzing potential "gaps" in a department's ability to recover in the event of a disaster.  A final written report will detail those "gaps" and suggest options to avoid a disruption in the event of any disaster.

In many cases, potential threats can be identified and preventative steps, policies and procedures put into place to prevent or minimize those known threats.

Experience has shown that the teams approach to disaster recovery is the most efficient and productive means to recover to normal business operations.  History shows that organizations which do not recover in a timely manner, soon fail and go out of business.   We institute and define each team's duties and responsibilities, integrate all teams into an organizational team, and establish an organization-wide training program.

All tasks are detailed in a project plan and that project plan will be securely located on this web site for all authorized team members to view.   In this manner, we maintain the best communications possible in order to complete the project on time and within budget. 

• Identify critical applications and functions

• Examine and ensure media and vital records are properly stored at an approved, environmentally controlled storage facility

• Identify those critical functions which can operate in a degraded condition for a fixed period of time

• Establish the management emergency response team

• Establish and train response teams to efficiently handle all the many facets of a disaster recovery

• Validate current Disaster Recovery Plans against Best Practices.

• Assist in obtaining the appropriate alternate site facilities and can assist with the performance of alternate site tests.

• TEST all procedures

Key Benefits

• Minimize the extent of Interruption to routine Operations

• Limit the Severity of Disruption, Damage, and Hazards to Employee Welfare and Safety

• Minimize Dependence on Computer systems

• Enhance stockholders' confidence in the organization

• Define Alternatives for Accomplishing critical IS Services and other functional services

• Meet regulatory and due diligence requirements

• Limit Financial Losses and Hardships

• Provide Trained Personnel to Handle Emergency Conditions and Recovery Operations

• Legal Liability

• Meet regulatory requirements   

Experience

• Have performed multiple hot site tests

• Have successfully recovered within 36 hours from loosing a retail store in Miami, FL following Hurricane Andrew

• Have successfully recovered within 24 hours from loosing a retail store following the earthquake in Northridge, CA

• Have successfully implemented recovery plans in the telecommunications industry prior to hurricanes in Florida

• Have created disaster recovery/business continuity plans for a variety of industries.

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Real Life Examples of RECENT Disasters from the

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Available for consulting in the USA and Internationally

Contact Information

Bruce M. Johnston, CISSP, CCSA

7725 Biltmore Blvd., Hollywood, FL., 33023-5825

  [B] +1 954.967.4065  [M] +1 954.558.2083

[E] VGSCS@Bellsouth.net

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