In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, financial institutions face increasing pressure to maintain constant uptime, ensure data integrity, and meet stringent regulatory requirements. One of the emerging solutions addressing these challenges is the Tertiary Vault—a third-level data backup and disaster recovery…
Understanding DORA for IT Disaster Recovery
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a regulation introduced by the European Union to ensure that financial entities can withstand, respond to, and recover from all types of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-related disruptions and threats. This regulation is crucial for…
RTO vs RPO
RTO and RPO are two related but distinct metrics that drive Disaster Recovery planning.What is the difference between the two? Let’s break down their differences: Examples: In summary, RPO focuses on data loss prevention, while RTO emphasizes minimizing downtime.The lower…
Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Template
A Disaster Recovery Plan document is in place to ensure the organization has a comprehensive plan in place to recover the application or system in the event of a disaster or disruption, minimizing downtime and data loss. The following sections…
Best practices for IT Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery (DR) refers to the process of restoring IT systems, data, and infrastructure in the event of a catastrophic failure or disaster. Here are some of the best practices for IT disaster recovery: By following these best practices, you…
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
The recent Energy Crisis has highlighted how critical energy supplies are to the running of our daily operations. It is therefore a very good opportunity to explain the difference between Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR). Let’s start…