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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to develop plan
   • Identify disaster recovery plan requirements according to business needs and requirements
   • Determine existing organisational recovery plans
   • Identify vendor disaster recovery plan and service level agreements
2. Conduct impact analysis
   • Determine time and recovery point objectives according to business needs
   • Assess potential risks plan exclusions according to business requirements
   • Estimate amount of data and security level of data managed
   • Evaluate severity of impact and disruption of risk events
   • Document outcomes of impact analysis according to organisational policies and procedures
3. Develop disaster recovery solutions
   • Develop range of disaster recovery solutions according to business requirements
   • Determine vendor protections and prioritise risks
   • Assess external insurance protection levels and their suitability requirements
   • Identify other disaster recovery solution components
4. Finalise disaster recovery plan
   • Align disaster recovery risk potential according to business requirements
   • Outline steps of disaster recovery plan including timelines, key features, service providers and any other aspect
   • Document disaster recovery plan according to business needs and requirements
5. Test cloud disaster recovery plan
   • Conduct verbal walkthrough of cloud disaster recovery plan with required personnel
   • Seek and respond to feedback as required
   • Lodge cloud disaster recovery plan according to organisation and legislative protocol
   • Obtain final sign off from required personnel

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and to:

develop and evaluate a cloud disaster recovery plan that includes at least three major risk events.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

determine likelihood and impact of risk event to assist in the development of one cloud disaster recovery plan

document disaster recovery plan and ways the plan reaches Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) targets.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

risk environments in cloud/ICT environment

data analysis methodologies to determine risk environment

disaster recovery techniques applicable to cloud environments

ISO270001, ISO27002 and ISO 27031 standards

Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) standards and techniques

techniques and methods to monitor and create alerts in cloud environments.

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