In today’s business setting, your computing environment can change significantly over time. Does your current I.T. Disaster Recovery Plan provide for appropriate command and control should you need to use it? How prepared are you to recover from a major adverse event within your I.T. infrastructure? What gaps must be filled immediately to meet not only the regulators’ compliance specifications but also the expectations of various stakeholders for continuity of the business?
Enter Cornerstone Advisors. Cornerstone stands ready to assist in assessing and revising existing disaster recovery plans in response to changes in your computing environment.
The Benefits to You
Cornerstone’s I.T. Disaster Recovery Assessment provides the foundation for upgrading the I.T. disaster recovery plan and the remediation of any gaps that are currently putting the organization at risk.
Our I.T. Disaster Recovery Assessment Process
- Analyze your organization's I.T. disaster recovery environment and your existing disaster recovery pan from the top down
- Utilize Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) standards to review the plan and its underlying computing environment
- Review every technology initiative under way in the organization and ensure that the plan is revised to accommodate the future direction of technology at your institution
- Perform a gap analysis between the I.T. disaster recovery plan currently in place and industry best practices (and Federal Financial Institution Examination Council regulations)
- Provide recommendations for filling the gaps along with an investment roadmap that will allow your institution to immediately focus on its most current business continuity needs and plan for gradual improvements to the I.T. disaster recovery plan over time
The Cornerstone Differentiation
Cornerstone’s extensive knowledge of banking and the technology solutions that support banking operations, as well as the different channels that the bank’s customers use to access their services, allows Cornerstone to quickly identify a backup and recovery strategy that is right sized for your organization.
- We help you quantify and justify the need to provide for an appropriate level of preparedness that is commensurate with your institution’s size.
- We provide templates and/or assist in authoring your I.T. disaster recovery plans as needed to provide you with a “ready to go” solution
We’ve Done this Before
Here are just a few examples of work we’ve performed in this area:
- Ohio bank ($6.2 billion) – Disaster Recovery Assessment
- California community bank ($477 million) – Comprehensive I.T. Assessment