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An IS auditor conducting a review of disaster recovery
planning at a financial processing organization has
discovered the following:
* The existing disaster recovery plan was compiled two years
ago by a systems analyst in the organization's IT department
using transaction flow projections from the operations
department.
* The plan was presented to the deputy CEO for approval and
formal issue, but it is still awaiting his attention.
* The plan has never been updated, tested or circulated to
key management and staff, though interviews show that each
would know what action to take for their area in the event
of a disruptive incident.
The IS auditor's report should recommend that:
A. the deputy CEO be censured for his failure to approve the
plan.
B. a board of senior managers be set up to review the
existing plan.
C. the existing plan be approved and circulated to all key
management and staff.
D. a manager coordinate the creation of a new or revised
plan within a defined time limit.
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Answer: D
The primary concern is to establish a workable disaster
recovery plan, which reflects current processing volumes to
protect the organization from any disruptive incident.
Censuring the deputy CEO will not achieve this and is
generally not within the scope of an IS auditor to
recommend. Establishing a board to review the plan, which is
two years out of date, may achieve an updated plan, but is
not likely to be a speedy operation and issuing the existing
plan would be folly without first ensuring that it is
workable. The best way to achieve a disaster recovery plan
in a short timescale is to make an experienced manager
responsible for coordinating the knowledge of other managers
into a single, formal document within a defined time limit.
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