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Disaster Recovery Planning Guide

"For many organizations, a “disaster” usually means something that impacts the data center from the outside, such as the wrath of a storm or of a violent terrorist act. While newsworthy events should inspire reflection on the state of our preparations, disaster recovery assessment shouldn’t be limited to the consequences of a hurricane, earthquake or similar catastrophe. Lower profile but nevertheless important events– from software bugs to hardware failures – that may be every bit as consequential as fire or flood, need to be considered as well. From a business perspective, a disaster isn’t just what makes the news, but anything that makes the ordinary conduct of business difficult or even impossible. If an event, at any scale, can interrupt our operations, it poses a threat we cannot ignore. Whatever is at stake, be it the loss of revenues, reputation and customers – or even, for the security forces and medical professionals who serve and protect, the potential loss
of lives – any unexpected IT interruption represents a potential disaster which we must either be prepared to avoid or from which we must be prepared to recover.
This Disaster Recovery Planning Guide offers a business perspective on what is often mistakenly considered a technological issue. As you’ll see in subsequent pages, the most crucial considerations are determined more by business needs than IT requirements. In fact, the most important disaster recovery decisions are not about technology, per se, but are about the business demands that drive technology choices."

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CYBERCRYPT A/S

Our Vision: A world immune to cyber attacks. We safeguard critical data, assets and devices and help customers build strong defenses against cyber criminals. Cryptography is the cornerstone of today’s cybersecurity. Secure cryptography is unthinkable without keeping keys secret. Yet this very premise is endangered by malware, trojans, and critical vulnerabilities as software, hardware and their supply chains become more complex. This new challenge calls for novel technologies.

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whitePaper | December 16, 2022

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whitePaper | August 23, 2022

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Disaster Recovery Planning Guide