This comprehensive, easy-to-read, down to earth and interesting Disaster Recovery Handbook guides you, the reader in a step-by-step manner, in overcoming and preventing disasters of diverse kind. It gives you the tools needed to protect your organization in the event of a disaster. It also tells you how to steer clear of disaster, and how to reduce (or mitigate) their impact.

Detailed instructions provided in the book include those on :

• Assessing risk

• Assembling a disaster recovery team

• Building an interim plan for immediate protection

• Setting up an emergency operations center

• Ensuring the health and physical safety of your people

• Recovering vital records

• Protecting your material resources Loaded with examples, references, statistics, functions, and practical solutions, the book is a veritable source of information. It features a special CD-ROM with templates for process and skill matrices, contact databases, risk-assessment score sheets, and more.

The book should be of great benefit to business corporates and entrepreneurs in disaster management and recovery.