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Disaster Preparedness Scorecard

 This scorecard can be used to determine the current state of an organization’s disaster preparedness.  The more “No” answers, the greater the vulnerability.

Best Practice Yes No
Do you have a written business continuity plan?    
If so, have you fully tested it?    
Have you quantified and ranked the business and financial risk of outages to all vital functions?    
Are you prepared to address liabilities and fiduciary responsibilities in the event of a disaster?    
Are your business continuity plans kept current and updated for business changes?    
Do you perform backups faithfully and include every server and disk?    
Do you regularly send your backups to a safe off-site archive?    
Have you standardized on a proven media, drive, software and automation backup solution?    
Do you have a procedure to expedite replacement of equipment?    
Can you identify your critical business activities that satisfy your customers' expectations and support your overall business operation?    

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