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A disaster recovery plan requires requires team formation, clear objectives, infrastructure mapping, solution selection, and ongoing review. A disaster recovery plan is essential for business continuity, ensuring operations and data are protected against crises through a structured response and recovery strategy.

Essential elements include a detailed asset inventory, risk assessment, and clear RTO and RPO objectives for efficient data recovery. A robust plan also encompasses effective communication strategies, partner and vendor coordination, comprehensive backup solutions, defined roles, and regular testing to maintain business resilience.

Eight phases are prevention, preparation, identification, response, recovery, business continuity, post-recovery and continuous improvement. The necessity for continuous plan enhancement is highlighted, stressing regular updates for technological and regulatory alignment to maintain business resilience.

A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a meticulously documented strategy that delineates how an organisation will react to and recover from unplanned incidents, enabling the resumption of business operations.