IntroductionA disaster can be defined as an often unexpected event, which has the great capacity to disrupt a business, society or government. Disaster can strike in life at any time in any association, but recovery management and reaction times are extremely essential. The first and foremost priority of any organization would be to protect its critical business data and most of the software executives and security experts recognize the fact that There is no common solution to follow for data protection and recovery, they agree on the fact that there are some precautionary measures that every organization should take to make their company data available even in the event of disasters. Based on their suggestions, the following precautionary measures should be brought to disaster-proof critical files and applications1. Conduct data assessments: Identify high-value assets where customer data and other sensitive information resides, which records are used heavily, who uses them, and to which departments they belong. “Use the 80/20 rule,” says Michael de la Torre , vice president, product management, recovery services at SunGard Availability Services. Not all information is provided in the same way. It is excessive to ensure that every piece of information is constantly accessible, and undoubtedly most of it is not critical to business functions. By applying the 80/20 rule, an organization can level its data and critical applications to choose which 20% is the most important to protect.2. Defining an acceptable recovery time: Many organizations find a reasonable recovery point goal to be 24 hours. If the company actually lost this amount of work/information, the effect could be... middle of paper......Security segregation provisions could be virtualized in the cloud so that employees continue to generate profits.7. Keep backups off-site, in a safe area: How far away from the site depends on the threats you're worried about. In the unlikely event that your server headquarters is in Kansas City and a critical chill hits your entire facility, then it won't do you any good if your backups are in an "offsite" office in Overland Park, the next city over. Think about threats and organize yourself appropriately.8. Test the recovery and test it once again: It's all about recovery, all the backups on the planet can't save you in case you fail to restore to test. Then try some more, when you're done try it one more time. Perform random recoveries consistently. Run disaster recovery tests and examine your data pools. Continuously ensure that you can recover your data.