List of Mission Critical Resources

The starting point for your disaster recovery plan is a list of mission critical resources. Each item on this list should be included in your plan. Include anything that your company cannot replace or cannot do without.

Mission critical resources checklist:

Be sure to consider and add to the following:

• Your customer list

• Financial information

• Insurance information

• Essential software

• Databases

• Custom built or expensive hardware

• Software source code

• Full employee contact information

You may also want to include items that are not mission critical or not irreplaceable, but would be hard to replace or do without. These items can have a lower degree of protection:

• Standard software

• Current product stock

• Standard hardware

• Telephone services

(Rev. 07/31/2006)