Question

Network and Security discussion topics: Business Continuity

1. What are the benefits of creating a disaster recovery plan?

2. Why is it important to preserve the chain of custody?

Answer 1

1.

Disaster recovery plan have certain policies or procedures that are ready to recover and and keep the business running in case of calamities occured by both man made or natural.Some of the benefits are as follows

a.Some precautionary measures are taking so that the doesn;t happen

b.Detecting the even which caused the disaster ,

c.Providing the solution for this situtation

There are several steps are followed for the plan to undergo like

analysis,design,implementation,testing acceptance and maintainence

Some stratigies for this plan are

a.To use a system which can produce the data which helps us to access it all the time

b.automatic backup system which backup the data at regular interval of time

c.Replicating data to other offsite locations

2.To maintain the chain of custody,the evidence must be preserved from the time of collecting it till the time it si being presented.to prove the chain of custody the service providers are needed to testify the following

a.the evidence whic is provided is same as that which is collected

b.the time and date when the evidence is received

c.also there is no tampering with the provided evidence

So to maintain the chain of custody for eveidence it is being tested so that it gives the positive results.