Case Study 2: Disaster Recovery (DR) Lessons Learned: September 11th 
Due Week 7 and worth 100 points

Read the article titled “9/11: Top lessons learned for disaster recovery,” from Computerworld.com, located at http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219867/9_11_Top_lessons_learned_for_disaster_recovery , and consider the effects the attacks of September 11, 2001, have had on technology recovery efforts.

Write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Explain how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.
  2. Analyze the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.
  3. Determine whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers, and determine the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.
  4. Evaluate the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization, and explain how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations. 
  5. Determine whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Provide a rationale to support the answer.
  6. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Explain risk management in the context of information security.
  • Summarize the various types of disasters, response and recovery methods.
  • Compare and contrast the methods of disaster recovery and business continuity.
  • Explain and develop a business continuity plan to address unforeseen incidents.
  • Develop techniques for different disaster scenarios. 
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in disaster recovery.
  • Write clearly and concisely about disaster recovery topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
  • Write clearly and concisely about disaster recovery topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

 Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 100

Case Study 2: Disaster Recovery (DR) Lessons Learned: September 11th

Criteria

 

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

 

Fair

70-79% C

 

Proficient

80-89% B

 

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Explain how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely explained how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

Insufficiently explained how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

Partially explained how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

Satisfactorily explained how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

Thoroughly explained how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

2. Analyze the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.

Insufficientlyanalyzed the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.

Partiallyanalyzed the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.

Satisfactorilyanalyzed the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.

Thoroughlyanalyzed the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.

3. Determine whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers and determine the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely determined whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers and did not submit or incompletely determined the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.

Insufficiently determined whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers and insufficiently determined the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.

Partially determined whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers and partially determined the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.

Satisfactorily determined whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers and satisfactorily determined the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.

Thoroughly determined whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers and thoroughly determined the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.

4. Evaluate the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization and explain how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely evaluated the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization and did not submit or incompletely explained how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.

Insufficiently evaluated the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization and insufficiently explained how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.

Partially evaluated the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization and partially explained how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.

Satisfactorily evaluated the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization and satisfactorily explained how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.

Thoroughly evaluated the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization and thoroughly explained how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.

5. Determine whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Provide a rationale to support the answer.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely determined whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale to support the answer.

Insufficiently determined whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Insufficiently provided a rationale to support the answer.

Partially determined whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Partially provided a rationale to support the answer.

Satisfactorily determined whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Satisfactorily provided a rationale to support the answer.

Thoroughly determined whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Thoroughly provided a rationale to support the answer.

6. 4 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.

Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

More than 8 errors present

7-8 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present

 


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