North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Homeland Security Alert System
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:32:12PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:41:05 EST, Martin Hannigan said: > > > Example: DHS sets RED level. Reaction: Move some third level > > engineers into the SOC. Audit the DR plan if it's not on schedule > > to be audited. Audit the backup plans if not on schedule to be > > audited. Light the medium warm NOC to HOT NOC level. > > Do you buy fire extinguishers when there's no fire, or do you do it > when the smoke alarm is already going off? Or is this the converse, where > a leaky roof doesn't get fixed because you can't work on it on rainy days, > and on sunny days it doesn't leak? DR is a continous loop. It's not the kind of thing you develop and then toss on a shelf. Right now is always a good time to audit your DR planning, or your disaster prevention planning. [ SNIP ] > If you audit your backup plan, and discover you're low on tapes to send > off-site, what are the chances that we'll still be at RED when the tapes > actually arrive from the vendor? If I didn't audit the backup plan, I wouldn't discover I was low on tapes. The state of the alert is irrelevant when related to the DR plan. It's the event itself. I believe there is no bad time to conduct a drill or audit a DR plan. In fact, confusing or non-standard conditions would be optimal for such a test or audit. -M
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