Common Disaster Recovery Scenarios

This is a list of common Disaster Recovery scenarios for software companies.

It is nearly-impossible to cover all the scenarios that can happen. However, this list should include some common scenarios that can help companies kick-start their own set of policies.

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Table of Contents

• Natural Disasters
• Hardware Failure
• Software Failure
• Human Error
• Insider Threats
• Security Threats
• Other

Natural Disasters

• Fire at data center
• Earthquake at data center
• Flood at data center

Hardware Failure

• Cooling system down overnight at data center
• Rack failure
• Memory corruption due to electricity problems
• Unexpected unplugging of a network link
• Faulty backup tapes

Software Failure

• Corruption of critical application

Human Error

• Accidental release of private decryption keys

Insider Threats

• Unauthorized Remote Desktop server running at some internal workstations
• DDoS triggered by a rogue employee.

Security Threats

• Compromised network
• Compromised server
• Compromised middle-box

Other

• Loss of staff scenarios