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What is Disaster Recovery

Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance
The process of regaining access to data, hardware, or software after a computer based human or natural disaster.
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A Strategy for Enterprise VoIP Security
Dwayne Stevens (Community Trust Bank, USA) and David T. Green (Governors State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-855-0.ch041
Abstract
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks signal an evolution in telecommunications that is accelerating the convergence of the Internet and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Offering decreased costs and other benefits, VoIP is poised to transform telecommunications and the organizations that use them. However, some consider VoIP a security nightmare, combining the worst vulnerabilities of IP networks and voice networks. DOS attacks, crash attacks, packet spoofing, buffer overflow attacks, spam over Internet telephony (SPIT), and word injection all pose threats to commercial enterprise networks and the mission critical operations that they support.
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Cybersecurity and Business Continuity: An Essential Partnership in an Era of Digital Interactions
Is an organization's method of regaining access and functionality to its IT infrastructure, to continue the delivery of services that support business processes after a disruptive incident.
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Secure Smart Grid Management Maturity Within Big Data
Regaining and relieving the IT infrastructure of an organization after an unexpected natural disaster event.
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Methodological Approach to Systematization of Business Continuity in Organizations
Is an organization's method of regaining access and functionality to its IT infrastructure, to continue the delivery of services that support business processes, after a disruptive incident.
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Behaviour Perspectives as a Contribution to Business Continuity in the ICT Context
Is an organization's method of regaining access and functionality to its IT infrastructure, to continue the delivery of services that support business processes, after a disruptive incident.
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Virtualization Technology and Security Challenges
A critical component for IT, as system crashes can create huge economic losses. Virtualization technology enables a virtual image on a machine to be instantly re-imaged on another server if a machine failure occurs.
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Information Technology Business Continuity
The ability of an organization to respond to a disaster or an interruption in services by implementing a disaster recovery plan to stabilize and restore the organization’s critical functions (Disaster Recovery Journal & DRI, 2007).
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans
The process of bringing business-critical functions back online as soon as possible.
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Surviving Sandy: Recovering Collections after a Natural Disaster
The process of rescuing and restoring technical systems and/or print library and archival collections from a disaster.
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