disaster recovery
Post-crisis IT revival
Disaster recovery is the process of restoring systems, data, and operations after a catastrophic failure—whether from hardware crashes, cyberattacks, natural disasters, or human error.
In computing, it typically involves backup systems, redundant infrastructure, and documented procedures for getting services running again: The company's disaster recovery plan kicked in after the ransomware attack.
The term appears in business contexts as well, covering any organized response to major disruption.
- backup systemsRedundant mechanisms for continuity
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
bounce back · failover · cloud storage · replication · fault tolerance · emergency response · insurance policies · crisis management · virtualization · uptime · load balancing · preventive maintenance · infrastructure · power outage · crisis · worst case scenario · fallback · data
- emergency preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plan, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, aid agencies, emergency aid
- ITIT support, computer, IT manager, IT services, IT director
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- disaster reliefrelief efforts, relief supplies, relief organizations, emergency services, rescue operations
disaster recoverydisaster prevention
Stopping catastrophes before occurring
disaster preparedness · risk mitigation · preventive measures · risk prevention · proactive planning
disaster recoverybusiness as usual
Continuation of normal routine
steady state · day-to-day operations · peak performance · system health
recover, disaster, recovery, recovering, recovered, disastrous, undiscovered, disasters, recoveries