Careers in IS Disaster Recovery

"How important are your data to you?" "What would happen if . . . ?" While business managers focus on solving business problems and determining what their information systems should do, disaster recovery consultants ask what would happen if things go wrong. With careful advance planning, disaster recoveryspecialists help their clients prevent calamity. Although this topic covers a wide variety of software issues, installation configuration issues, and security threats, examining common end-user mistakes may also prove enlightening. Common end-user mistakes include:

• Failure to save work in progress frequently.

• Failure to make a backup copy.

• Failure to store original and backup copies in different locations.

For each of the common end-user mistakes listed above, answer the following questions:

a. How might this mistake result in data loss?

b. What procedures could you follow to prevent this risk?