Agency directives and legislative Disaster issues do not take priority when mandated requirements for IT disaster there have not been any impacts to IT. recovery planning. SAO Performance Review (December Some agencies (i.e., WSDOT) are not on 2009) recommending the Legislature the SGN and have mainframe applications support development of a comprehensive which cannot at this time be recovered at disaster recovery plan. DIS. SAO recommendation is to have DIS to seek funding for the comprehensive Disaster Recovery Solution for all agencies. Increasing events on Earthquakes, Technical difficulties and complexity of flooding and tsunamis which have developing and deploying IT Disaster impacted much of the US. Recovery Solutions. Recommendation: Implement the SAO recommendation of developing a comprehensive state-wide disaster recovery plan for all agencies built upon shared services and facilitated by DIS. SWOT Analysis Strengths Opportunities disaster recovery costs less Reduced budget funding requirements by than having each agency planning the legislature on state agencies. individual disaster recovery. Disaster recovery exercises can be done State agencies will need to go through the at one place and certified that the DR existing services and determine which solution will work for all agencies on the outdated technology can be eliminated. shared service. State agencies which will need to adapt some applications to a generic
Agency directives and legislative mandated requirements for IT disaster recovery planning. Disaster issues do not take priority when there have not been any impacts to IT. SAO Performance Review (December 2009) recommending the Legislature support development of a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. SAO recommendation is to have DIS to seek funding for the comprehensive Disaster Recovery Solution for all agencies. Some agencies (i.e., WSDOT) are not on the SGN and have mainframe applications which cannot at this time be recovered at DIS. Increasing events on Earthquakes, flooding and tsunamis which have impacted much of the US. Technical difficulties and complexity of developing and deploying IT Disaster Recovery Solutions. Recommendation: Implement the SAO recommendation of developing a comprehensive state-wide disaster recovery plan for all agencies built upon shared services and facilitated by DIS. SWOT Analysis Strengths Opportunities disaster recovery costs less than having each agency planning individual disaster recovery. Reduced budget funding requirements by the legislature on state agencies. Disaster recovery exercises can be done at one place and certified that the DR solution will work for all agencies on the shared service. State agencies will need to go through the existing services and determine which outdated technology can be eliminated. State agencies which will need to adapt some applications to a generic
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