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Guidelines for Setting up Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Plans (BCP) Centers for IT / ITES SEZs
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....ization after a natural or human-induced disaster occurs. Disaster recovery may be seen as a subset of business continuity. While business continuity involves planning for keeping all aspects of a business functioning in the midst of disruptive events, disaster recovery focuses on the IT or technology systems that support business functions. DR/BCP are essential for businesses today and more especially for IT/ITES businesses. Businesses with no DR/BCP systems i.e. no saved information, no documentation, no backup hardware, and no contingency plan are unable to put into place any recovery time objectives (RTO) which is the duration of time and a service level within which a business process must be restored after a disaster (or disruption)....
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....gnitude as to be beyond the coping capacity" of the business enterprises of the affected area and it must have the effect of causing major hindrance or stoppage of work at the business unit. In addition IT sector can be adversely affected by major power outages, industrial sabotage, data theft, cyber attack etc. These events may also have a major disruptive effect of hindering the business activity of the IT/ITES unit or cause stoppage of work at the unit. 2. Movement of back up data on tapes/ storage devices from SEZs to locations outside the SEZ. Prevention and creating data backup is an integral part of the IT/ITES sectors DR/BCP strategy. The data is regularly backed up at locations which are isolated from the main business centres....
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....consulted prior to issue of approval. b) While making an application to DC office, the list of sites identified for DR/BCP operations by the unit as well as the list of calamities / events which are covered under `disaster' must be stated and thereafter approved by the DC. c) A DR/BCP location will be provided with adequate infrastructure including tele communication links, administrative support systems, data back up and retrieval systems as well as seating/workstations for personnel. d) On the occurrence of events pre-defined under the category of 'disaster', the unit will not need to seek prior approval of DCs to put into operation the DR/BCP strategy. However within 48 hours of the DR/BCP being put into operation the unit must int....