Comparative assessment of U. S. Marine Corps disaster recovery plans for information systems.

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by  Hural, Peter J.;Haga, William James.

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ComparativeAssessmentofU.S.MarineCorpsDisasterRecoveryPlansforInformationSystems
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Disaster,Planning,Recovery
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Thisthesissetsoutthebasicelementsthatconstitutedisasterrecoveryplansforinformation systemsinDODbasedupona
reviewofprivateindustryplansandDODrequirements. Fromthoseelements,amodelofadisasterrecoveryplanisproposed.
OneofthedisasterrecoveryplansusedbytheU.S.MarineCorpsispresentedforcomparisontothemodelplan. Adisaster
planningchecklisttoorganizeandschedulefutureworkindevelopingaplanandanoutlineoftheU.S.MarineCorpsplanare
provided. ConclusionsaredrawnfromthecomparisonandrecommendationsareputforthforDODdisasterrecoveryplanningto
protectinformationsystems
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Comparative AssessmentofU. S. MarineCorps
DisasterRecoveryPlansforInformation Systems
by
PeterJ.Hural
Major,United StatesMarineCorps
B.S.,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, 1978
Submittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsfor
the degree of
MASTEROFSCIENCEININFORMATIONSYSTEMS
fromthe
NAVALPOSTGRADUATESCHOOL
September 1992
ABSTRACT
This thesis sets out the basic elements that constitute
disaster recovery plans for information systems in DOD based
upon a review of private industry plans and DOD requirements.
From these elements, a model of a disaster recovery plan is
proposed. One of the disaster recovery plans used by the U.
S. Marine Corps is presented for comparison to the model
plan. A disaster planning checklist to organize and schedule
future work in developing a plan and an outline of the U. S.
Marine Corps plan are provided. Conclusions are drawn from
the comparison and recommendations are put forth for DOD
disaster recovery planning to protect information systems.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION 1
A. PURPOSE 1
B. DISCUSSION 2
C SCOPE 3
D. THE REST OF THE THESIS 4
II. INDUSTRY PLANS FOR DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING 5
A. OVERVIEW 5
B. PHASE DESCRIPTIONS 5
1 Planning Phase: Discussion 5
a. Preliminary Planning 6
b. Plan Development 7
c Planning Phase 7
2 Preparation Phase 7
a Purpose 8
b. Physical Inventory 8
c Risk Assessment 9
d. Alternative Technologies 9
e. Team Identification and Training 10
3 Implementation Phase 11
4 Recovery Phase 12
III. DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN MODEL 14
A. DISCUSSION 14
B. PLANNING PHASE: PLAN DEVELOPMENT 14
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