Disaster Recovery Test (2013)

📑 Project Overview

Area	Details
Objective	Validate enterprise disaster recovery capabilities through full-scale simulation of critical system failures
Drivers	Ensure business continuity, regulatory compliance, and resilience against infrastructure outages
Scope	Core ERP, financial applications, and mission-critical production systems across multiple data centers
Stakeholders	Executive leadership, IT operations, compliance officers, external auditors, and business unit managers
Risks	Extended downtime, incomplete recovery procedures, data loss, lack of stakeholder coordination
Mitigation	Pre-test workshops, detailed runbooks, cross-team drills, and phased recovery validation
Outcome	Successful validation of recovery procedures with RTO reduced by 40% and RPO aligned to compliance standards

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🚀 Key Results

Achievement	Impact
End-to-end recovery simulation	Validated readiness of IT and business teams under real-world outage scenarios
Improved RTO/RPO metrics	Reduced recovery time by 40% and aligned recovery point objectives with compliance
Cross-team coordination	Enhanced collaboration between IT, business units, and compliance stakeholders
Audit-ready documentation	Produced standardized recovery runbooks and evidence for regulatory audits
Resilience culture	Established disaster recovery testing as a recurring governance practice