Disaster Recovery Professional (DRP)

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

* Introduction to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
* Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Terminologies
* Disaster Types
* Consequences of Disaster
* Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
* Principles of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
* Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Issues Addressed
* Activities of Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
* Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Program
* Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Solutions
* Best Practices in Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Program
* International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
* International Day for Disaster Reduction

Nature and Causes of Disasters

* Nature of Disasters
* Categorization of Disasters
* Natural Disasters
* Earthquakes
* Protecting Yourself During Earthquake
* Earthquakes: Volcanoes
* Protection from Volcanoes
* Forecasting Volcanoes
* Estimating Earthquakes
* Earthquakes: Tsunami
* Protecting Yourself During Tsunami
* Landslides
* Effects of Landslides
* Protecting Yourself from Landslides
* Hurricanes
* Safety Measures During Hurricanes
* Predicting Hurricanes
* Floods
* Effect of floods
* Prevention Measures
* Wildfires
* Safety Measures
* Drought
* Consequences of Drought
* Measures to Overcome Drought Effects
* Man-Made Disasters
* Accidents
* Power Outage
* Telecommunication Outage
* Categorization of Human Intentional Disasters
* Arson
* Civil Disorder
* Terrorism
* War
* Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN)

Emergency Management

* Emergency
* Emergency Management
* Need for Emergency Management
* Emergency Management Phases
* Mitigation
* Preparedness
* Response
* Recovery
* Effect of Disaster on Business Organizations
* Emergency Management for Business Organizations
* FEMA- Federal Emergency Management Agency
* FEMA as an Organization
* Activities of FEMA

Laws and Acts

* Applicable Acts in DR
* Laws and Acts in United States of America
* Industries: Sarbanes-Oxley Act
* Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
* Healthcare: HIPAA Regulations
* Financial Institutions: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
* Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
* Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
* CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
* Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council (FFIEC)
* Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
* Laws and Acts of Europe
* Data Protection Act 1998
* Transmission of Personal Data: Directive 2002/58/EC
* Personal Data: Directive 95/46/EC
* Insurance: Financial Groups Directive (FGD)
* The Foundation of Personal Data Security Law: OECD Principles
* Dutch Personal Data Protection Act
* Austrian Federal Act concerning the Protection of Personal Data
* German Federal Data Protection Act
* Laws and Acts in Australia
* Health Records and Information Privacy Act (HRIP)
* Financial Transactions Reporting (FTR) Act 1988

Business Continuity Management

* Business Continuity Management
* Business Continuity Planning
* Objectives of Business Continuity Planning
* Essential Resources in Business Continuity Planning
* Business Continuity Management Planning Steps
* ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
* Overview of BS 7799 / ISO 17799
* ISO/IEC 17799:2005
* ISO/IEC 17799:2005: Business Continuity Management
* Risk Analysis
* Risk Assessment
* Basic Elements of Risk Assessment
* Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
* Components of Business Impact Analysis
* Threat Analysis
* Risk Analysis and Business Impact Analysis
* Crisis Management
* Steps in Crisis Management
* Crisis Management Phases
* Compliance
* Preparedness
* Training and Resource Development
* Contingency Planning
* Points to remember in BCM Plan Testing
* Birmingham City Council’s BCM Assessment Template
* Greenwich Council – Emergency and BCM Plan

Disaster Recovery Planning Process

* Disaster Recovery Planning Process
* Management Support
* Organizing DR Team
* Components of Disaster Recovery Team
* Disaster Recovery Planning Team
* Building a Planning Team
* Establishing Team at the Departmental Level
* Risk Assessment
* Risk Assessment
* Conduct Business Impact Analysis
* Critical Business Activities
* Analysis Sheet
* Example: Analysis Sheet for IT System
* Roles and Responsibilities
* Individual: Leader
* Individual: Disaster Recovery Coordinator
* Individual: IT Administrator
* Individual: Network Manager
* Individual: Disaster Recovery Manager
* Individual: DR Team Member
* Team: Administration Team
* Team: Technical Team
* Team: Damage Evaluation and Salvage Team
* Team: Physical Security Team
* Team: Communications Team
* Responsibilities Common to all Disaster Recovery Teams
* Developing Charts of Responsibilities
* Facility Disaster Recovery Chart of Responsibilities
* Department Disaster Recovery Chart of Responsibilities
* Business Process Disaster Recovery Chart of Responsibilities
* Developing Policies and Procedures
* Assumptions for DR Planning
* Need for Disaster Recovery Planning
* Disaster Recovery Plan Development
* Disaster Recovery & Management: Budgeting
* Centralized Office of DR Planning: Budget
* Safety and Health Procedures
* Procedures for Internal and External Communications
* Procedures for Containment and Property Protection
* Procedures for Recovering and Resuming Operations
* Assessing Insurance Requirements & Coverage Needs
* Need for Insurance
* Evaluating Insurance Policies
* Testing and Training
* DRP Testing and Rehearsal Process
* DRP Testing: Advantages
* DRP Testing: Methods
* DRP Testing Steps
* DRP Testing Flow Chart
* Training DR Teams
* Commence Training Program for Disaster Recovery
* Training for Executives
* Training for Middle Managers
* Training for Supervisors
* Training for Disaster Response Teams
* Training for Employees
* Documentation of DR Procedures
* Need for Documentation of Plans
* Important Documentations in Disaster Recovery Process
* Writing Disaster Recovery Plan
* Best Practices for Documentation
* Managing Records
* DRP Maintenance
* Monitoring Process
* Monitoring Procedures
* Evaluate Latest Technologies
* Conducting Regular Reviews
* Conducting Training Programs for Updated Plan
* DRP Implementation
* DR Plan Implementation
* Internal and External Awareness Campaigns

Risk Management

* What is Risk
* Introduction to Risk Management
* Functions of Risk Management
* Analytic Process of Risk Management
* Risk Analysis
* Risk Reduction Analysis
* Management Decision
* Risk Reduction Planning
* Reviews and Audit
* Project Risk Management
* IT Security Risk Management
* Risk Management Standards
* Financial Risk Management
* Basel II and Risk Management
* Pillar I: Minimum Capital Requirement
* Pillar II: Supervisory Review Process
* Pillar III: Market Discipline
* Quantitative Risk Management
* Best Practices in Risk Management

Facility Protection

* Facility Protection
* Water Supply
* Protecting Water Supply
* Fire
* Types of Fire Extinguishers
* APW Extinguishers
* Dry Chemical Extinguisher
* Carbon Dioxide Extinguishers
* Points to Remember
* Using a Fire Extinguisher
* Fire Suppression for Companies
* Fire exits
* Power Supply
* Common Power Supply Problems
* Ensuring Steady Power Supply
* Ventilation
* Kinds of Ventilation
* Measures for Proper Ventilation
* Air Conditioners
* Measures for Proper Working of Air Conditioners
* Building and Premises
* Checklist for Securing Facility

Data Recovery

* Types of Data Recovery
* Logical Data Recovery
* Physical Data Recovery
* Disk-to-Disk-to Disaster Recovery (3DR) Concept
* Steps in Data Recovery
* Recovery Management
* Recovery Management Evaluation Metrics
* Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
* Role of RTO in Disaster recovery
* Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
* Network Recovery Objective (NRO)
* Recovery Management Model Layers
* Data Protection Continuum
* Do’s and Don'ts
* Lumigent's Log Explorer
* Best Practices in Data Recovery

System Recovery

* System Restore in Windows XP
* Linux System Recovery
* Linux System Crash Recovery
* Crash Recovery Kit for Linux
* Mac System Recovery
* Restoring Windows Server 2003
* Recovering from Boot problems in Windows Server 2003
* Step 1: Start computer by using Last Known Good Configuration
* Step 2: Starting computer in Safe Mode
* Step 3: Use Event Viewer to Identify the Cause of the Startup Problem
* Step 4: Use System Information to Identify the Cause of the Startup Problem
* Step 5: The Safe Mode Boot Log File
* Step 6: Use Device Manager to Identify the Cause of the Startup Problem
* Step 7: Use System Configuration Utility
* Microsoft Windows Recovery Console
* Automated System Recovery
* Windows 2000 Backup and Restore Utility
* Methods for Restoring Replicated Data
* Restoring Server Services
* Active Directory Recovery: Non-Authoritative Restore
* Active Directory Recovery: Authoritative Restore
* Verifying Active Directory Restoration: Advanced Verification
* Verifying Active Directory Restoration: Basic Verification
* Active Directory Recovery on a Computer with a Different Hardware Configuration
* Sysvol Recovery: Primary Restore
* Sysvol Recovery: Non-authoritative Restore
* Sysvol Recovery: Authoritative Restore
* Recovery of Global Catalog Server
* Recovery of  an Operations Master
* Domain Controller Recovery: With a Working Domain Controller
* Domain Controller Recovery: Without a Working Domain Controller
* Database Integrity Testing
* Rights Management Services Restoration
* Rights Management Services Database Restoration
* Tools for Active Directory Disaster Recovery: Recovery Manager
* Restoring IIS Configurations: iisback.vbs
* Restoring Microsoft IIS Metabase Backup
* WANSync IIS
* WANSync IIS: Working
* Restoring Exchange Server 2003
* Data Recovery Scenarios
* Exchange Data Recovery Preparation
* Single Mailbox Recovery
* Single Item Recovery using Deleted Items Retention
* Single Item Recovery using Third-party Brick Backup Programs
* Full-Server Recovery: Preparation
* Full-Server Recovery: Option 1
* Full-Server Recovery: Option 2
* Full-Server Recovery: Option 3
* Full-Server Recovery: Option 4
* Exchange Server Backup/Recovery Solution: SonaSafe
* Recovering Blackberry Enterprise Server
* IBM WebSphere Application Server Recovery
* Recovering Coldfusion Application Server: CFMAIL Bug
* Recovering Coldfusion Application Server: Variable Deadlocks
* Recovering Coldfusion Application Server: ODBC Errors
* Recovering Coldfusion Application Server:500 IIS Internal Server Error
* Recovering Coldfusion Application Server: System Registry Access Problem
* Recovering from Domino Server Crashes
* Tool: SteelEye LifeKeeper
* Restoring MySQL Server
* Restoring MS SQL Server: Option 1
* Restoring MS SQL Server: Option 2
* Restoring MS SQL Server: Option 3
* Restoring MS SQL Server: Option 4
* Restoring MS SQL Server: Option 5
* Restoring MS SQL Server: Option 6
* Restoring MS SQL Server: Option 7
* Restoring MS SQL Server: Option 8
* Restoring My SQL Server
* Recovering Cisco IOS

Backup and Recovery

* Backup
* Need for Backup
* Types of Backup:
* Full Backup
* Incremental Backup
* Differential Backup
* Hot Backup
* Hot Backup Sample Code
* Cold Backup
* Cold Backup Sample Code
* Backup Sites
* Hot Site/ Cold Site
* Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)
* RAID: Some Important Levels
* Wide Area File Services (WAFS)
* Backup for UNIX
* Bare Metal Recovery for LINUX
* Bucky Backup for Mac OS X
* System Backup Administrator
* NanoCopy Technology
* Backup4all
* Backup4all Features
* ABC Backup Software
* Genie Backup Manager
* NTI BackupNow
* High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR)
* Best Practices in Backup & Recovery

Centralized and Decentralized System Recovery

* Distributed Computing
* Objectives of Distributed Computing
* Architecture for Distributed Computing
* Working of Distributed Computing
* Centralized Backup
* Centralized Backup Using SAN or NAS Server
* Data Consolidation
* Cross-Platform Data Consolidation
* Mainframe as Centralized Storage Source
* Tiers of Disaster Recovery
* GDPS/PPRC
* GDPS/PPRC Configuration
* GDPS/PPRC Single-site Workload Configuration
* GDPS/PPRC Multi-site Workload Configuration
* Best Practices in Centralized and Decentralized System Recovery

Windows Data Recovery Tools

* Digital Photo Recovery
* Active@ UNERASER
* Test Disk
* PhotoRec
* BadCopy Pro
* Directory Snoop
* Data Advisor
* Fast File Undelete
* File Scavenger
* GetDataBack
* Kernel Recovery for FAT+NTFS
* R-Mail
* R-Studio
* Recover4all
* Recover It All
* Recover My Files Data Recovery
* Quick Recovery for Windows
* Restorer2000
* File Recovery
* EasyRecovery DataRecovery
* EasyRecovery Professional
* RecoverSoft Media Tools Professional
* RecoverSoft Data Rescue PC
* ADRC Data Recovery Software Tool
* SalvageRecovery for Windows
* Disk Doctors Email Recovery
* Winternals Recovery Manager

Linux, Mac and Novell Netware Data Recovery Tools

* Kernel Recovery for Linux
* Kernel Recovery for ReiserFS
* Kernel Recovery for JFS
* Kernel Recovery for Macintosh
* Kernel Recovery for Novell-Netware
* Stellar Phoenix Linux
* R-Linux
* Quick Recovery for Linux
* Quick Recovery for Macintosh
* SalvageRecovery for Linux
* SalvageRecovery for Mac
* SalvageRecovery for Netware
* Disk Doctors Linux Data Recovery Software
* DiskInternals Linux Reader

Incident Response

* Incident
* Category of Incidents
* Low Level
* Mid Level
* High Level
* How to Identify an Incident?
* How to Prevent an Incident?
* Relationship between Incident Response, Incident Handling, and Incident Management
* Incident Management Plan
* Incident Handling
* Information Security Life Cycle
* Incident Response
* Incident Response Policy
* Risk Analysis
* Risk Analysis and Incident Response
* Incident Response Methodology
* Preparation
* Identification
* Containment
* Eradication
* Recovery
* Follow up
* CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team)
* CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team)
* General Categories of CSIRTs
* Members of CSIRT Team
* Building an Effective CSIRT
* FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams)
* Request Tracker for Incident Response
* Helix – Incident Response & Computer Forensics Live CD
* Incident Response Tools Present in Helix CD
* THE FARMER'S BOOT CD
* Resources

Role of Public Services in Disaster

* Public Services
* State and Local Governments
* Public Utilities and Departments
* Hospitals
* Blood Banks
* Medical Laboratories
* Food Banks
* Fire Fighting Service
* Waste/ Debris Management
* Police
* Armed Forces
* Public Transportation
* Water Supply System
* Electricity Department
* Information & Public Relations Department
* IT Service Providers

Organizations Providing Services during Disasters

* Organizations Providing Services during Disasters
* Relief Organizations
* International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
* International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
* United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
* National Emergency Response Team (NERT)
* CARE
* Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)
* Action Against Hunger (AAH)
* Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)
* Doctors Without Borders
* Hunger Plus, Inc.
* InterAction
* International Rescue Committee (IRC)
* Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
* Mercy Corps (MC)
* Refugees International
* Relief International
* Save the Children
* Project HOPE

Organizations Providing Disaster Recovery Solutions

* Organizations Providing Disaster Recovery Solutions
* Symantec
* System Sizing
* System Sizing: Practices
* Disk-based Backup
* Manual System Recovery
* Disadvantages
* Automated System Recovery
* IBM
* Human Capital Resilience
* Human Capital Risks in Crisis Situations
* Business Resilience
* Elements of Business Resilience
* Framework for Business Resilience
* Causes of E-Mail Outages
* E-Mail Continuity
* DELL
* Oracle Data Guard Utility
* RMAN Utility for Database Backup
* NAS (Network Attached Storage)
* Sun Microsystems
* Integrated Solutions of Sun and Vignette
* Sun Cluster Geographic Edition
* Infosys Business Continuity Planning Solution
* Infosys BCP solution
* Sybase Business Continuity Planning Solution
* Sybase Model
* HP Business Continuity and Availability solutions
* HP 3-tiered Service Levels Balance Investment with Risk
* PricewaterhouseCoopers Fast Track BCP
* AT&T's Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery