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Disaster recovery process is recovering from disruption. This process starts after the disaster and is time consuming if you do not have a arrangement in place, resulting in discontinuity of your business and incurring losses. The disruptive event may be external like a terrorist attack or an earthquake; or it may be internal like malfunctioning software in your computer. The tendency among most business executives and entrepreneurs is to overlook "disaster recovery" plans assuming it to be an unlikely event.

Retrospectively,people face natural disruptions in business and it is essential to be vigilant. A comprehensive business continuity plan helps you run the business easily and continue making money. These two norms 'business continuity' and 'disaster recovery' are very similar in eventful situations.

Different businesses need different types of plans and it depend on the size, extent and the way the business is run by the company. The communication and feed back among employees are vital. In performing the business continuity solutions, the important point are that the physical, IT and human resource plans are to be converged, because developing above plans in seclusion will hamper communication. Continual communication is crucial.

The first step for any catastrophe recovery solutions is to do a business impact analysis (BIA). The impact is felt on outage. It also helps judge the expenses to be incurred by a company to restore the business process and how much extra has to be spent to reinstate the process quickly. The other advantage of BIA is that companies are able to develop a restoration sequence to determine which constituents of a business should be restored first, so as to enable the company to resume activities as soon as possible.

The second step is to grow, practice and put a contingency plan in place. This includes a succession plan for your CEO in case of death or departure, and having trained personnel as back up employees to perform critical tasks in case of an emergency.

The third important step is disaster communication plans. Crisis communication and offsite meeting is crucial for the emergency situation. Practice crisis communication with employees, customers and others concerned to speed up communication. In addition invest in alternate means of communication.

The fourth step is to make the business continuity exercises practical enough so that employees react positively in a crisis. Familiarize and form partnerships with local emergency response units, like the police, firefighters and emergency medical teams.

Lastly, appraise the performance of your personnel and technology during each disaster recovery test, seal the loopholes if any, and work towards steady improvement.