Depending on the situation, IT disaster recovery is a stand-alone concern or part of a broader business continuity effort. This considers types of backup sites, office PCs, and the restoration of data and programs. IT disaster recovery looks specifically at the technical aspects of how a company can get IT back into operation using backup facilities. IT disaster recovery is a business concern because decisions that seem purely technical may have major implications for the business that IT professionals may not accept and should not have the authority to make.

Continue with the analysis of a medical records company from activity 6 and 7, identify the vulnerabilities in the current configuration and describe how to mitigate them. Design and develop intrusion detection and prevention controls for this organization. Additionally, create a comprehensive Discovery Recovery Plan that should include the necessary steps required to protect the business in the event of a disaster.

For the purposes of this assignment, assume the company's network is configured as a single active directory domain. Client computers are running Windows 8 Professional clients. The company has four offices. Each location has an administrator as a member of the Administrator group. The company has a server running WINS, DNS, and DHCP at each office. DNS supports dynamic updates. Twenty file servers are running Windows 2008 Server.