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Disaster recovery plan testing strategies

Disaster recovery plan testing strategies

Let's talk testing, and by the way, this comes from the ISACA, which is a good resource. They have the CISM certification, the Certified Information Security Manager certification. I also want you to realize that some of these early tests, some of the low-level tests will also apply to incident response. So for example, when you're going to test your incident response team or your CSIRT, you will very likely do a read-through testing or checklist just like you would with a disaster recovery. So call it a plan review or, you know, getting a legal pad and going through a checklist. This is the lowest level test, kind of a read-through, maybe it's part of a brainstorming session. And again, this could apply to incident response testing, but also your disaster recovery planning as well, right? Looking for gaps, looking for missing processes, discrepancies, talking through scenarios, the most basic fundamental test. We also call it a checklist. Now this can be beneficial when you're…

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