Disaster Recovery

Question Description

Case Study: Disaster Recovery

Read the following articles:

“If data is the new oil, then Equifax just caused a huge environmental disaster.” From https://www.csoonline.com/article/3228887/data-breach/if-data-is-the-new-oil-then-equifax-just-caused-a-huge-environmental-disaster.html
“Using Credit Reporting Agency Data To Assess the Link Between the Community Reinvestment Act and Consumer Credit Outcomes.” From https://www.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/cityscpe/vol19num2/ch7.pdf
“Managing in a Post-9/11, Post Katrina World: An Introduction to a Disaster-recovery Planning for Technical Communicators.” From https://mafiadoc.com/an-introduction-to-disaster-recovery-planning-for-_5993492e1723ddcf69a4048b.html
“Recovering from Database Recovery: Case Studies and the Lessons They Teach”

Note: Include these four (4) articles in your references section. These four (4) articles do not count towards the required number of references.

After reading these articles, consider the following:

The need for an organization to have a disaster recovery plan.
How the attacks of September 11, 2001 affected Barclay’s Capital and Putman Investments. Did that impact Equifax disaster recovery plan? How?
Whether or not Equifax had a disaster recovery plan. If so, what were the parts of the plan that allowed it to continue operations? If not, what should a disaster recovery plan have included in order to continue operations?

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

Identify the steps an organization should take to recover from a disaster and resume the business operations to normal mode
Suggest two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to mitigate the risk of data loss
Suggest two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to minimize the impact on personnel after a disaster
Examine the Equifax situation. Determine two (2) factors that contributed to a successful disaster recovery and two (2) factors that hindered a successful disaster recovery for the organization
Use at least three (3) quality references published within the past [1] year in this assignment
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Examine the challenges of computer security, including different threats and types of attacks
Use technology and information resources to research issues in cryptography published within the past [1] year
Write clearly and concisely about cryptography using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 110	Case Study 1: Disaster Recovery
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Identify the steps an organization should take to recover from a disaster and resume the business operations to normal mode. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely identified the steps an organization should take to recover from a disaster and resume the business operations to normal mode.	Partially identified the steps an organization should take to recover from a disaster and resume the business operations to normal mode.	Satisfactorily identified the steps an organization should take to recover from a disaster and resume the business operations to normal mode.	Thoroughly identified the steps an organization should take to recover from a disaster and resume the business operations to normal mode.
2. Suggest two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to mitigate the risk of data loss. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely suggested two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to mitigate the risk of data loss.	Partially suggested two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to mitigate the risk of data loss.	Satisfactorily suggested two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to mitigate the risk of data loss.	Thoroughly suggested two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to mitigate the risk of data loss.
3. Suggest two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to minimize the impact on personnel after a disaster. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely suggested two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to minimize the impact on personnel after a disaster.	Partially suggested two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to minimize the impact on personnel after a disaster.	Satisfactorily suggested two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to minimize the impact on personnel after a disaster.	Thoroughly suggested two (2) methods that organizations can use in order to minimize the impact on personnel after a disaster.
4. Examine Equifax situation. Determine two (2) factors that contributed to a successful disaster recovery and two (2) factors that hindered a successful disaster recovery for the organization. Weight: 30%	Did not submit or incompletely examined both Barclay’s Capital’s and Putman Investments’ situations on September 11, 2001. Did not submit or incompletely determined two (2) factors that contributed to a successful disaster recovery and two (2) factors that hindered a successful disaster recovery for each organization.	Partially examined both Barclay’s Capital’s and Putman Investments’ situations on September 11, 2001. Partially determined two (2) factors that contributed to a successful disaster recovery and two (2) factors that hindered a successful disaster recovery for each organization.	Satisfactorily examined both Barclay’s Capital’s and Putman Investments’ situations on September 11, 2001. Satisfactorily determined two (2) factors that contributed to a successful disaster recovery and two (2) factors that hindered a successful disaster recovery for each organization.	Thoroughly examined both Barclay’s Capital’s and Putman Investments’ situations on September 11, 2001. Thoroughly determined two (2) factors that contributed to a successful disaster recovery and two (2) factors that hindered a successful disaster recovery for each organization.
5. Provide three (3) references. Weight: 5%	No references provided.	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. Uses Internet references not published within the past [1] year).	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. Uses Internet references published within the past [1] year).	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. Uses Internet references published within the past [1] year).
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 6 errors present.	5-6 errors present.	3-4 errors present.	0-2 errors present.

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