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WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT – CASE STUDY: DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) LESSONS LEARNED: SEPTEMBER 11TH

Week 8 Assignment – Case Study: Disaster Recovery (DR) Lessons Learned: September 11th

Review the following resource to complete the assignment:

9/11: Top Lessons Learned for Disaster Recovery.

Write a 2–4 page paper in which you:

Explain how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

Explain the benefits of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.

Determine whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations or data centers and determine the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.

Evaluate the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization and explain how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.

Determine whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Provide a rationale to support the answer.

Use at least four quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Recommend disaster recovery procedures using best practices.