Disaster Recovery (DR) planning begins with outlining business-centric targets. The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) defines acceptable downtime, while the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) sets maximum acceptable data loss limits.
Deploy automated data replication tools to replicate system changes to isolated secondary database environments in real-time. Enforce off-site, write-once storage layers to defend backups against ransomware encryption.
Run semi-annual disaster recovery tabletop exercises. Simulate server failures, network blackouts, and database corruptions to verify that operations teams can execute recovery procedures within target timeframes.