Disaster Recovery Plan Assessment

Overview: Ensure business continuity and resilience with DataHouse’s Disaster Recovery Plan Assessment. Our comprehensive evaluation service helps organizations identify vulnerabilities, assess current recovery strategies, and develop robust disaster recovery (DR) plans that align with industry best practices. Whether your infrastructure is on-premises, hybrid, or fully cloud-based, we analyze critical dependencies, assess potential risks, and provide a strategic roadmap to help your organization recover from disruptions swiftly and effectively.

Service Deliverables:

• Current DR plan review and risk assessment: Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of your existing DR strategy, including a gap analysis against AWS best practices. Utilize AWS Resilience Hub and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) to assess application resilience and identify areas for improvement in alignment with business continuity objectives.
• Infrastructure and application dependency mapping: Analyze critical infrastructure components such as Amazon EC2 instances, RDS databases, S3 storage, VPC configurations, and Load Balancers (ELB) to document application dependencies and interconnectivity. Leverage AWS Systems Manager for operational insights and asset discovery.
• Recovery Time Objective (RTO) & Recovery Point Objective (RPO) analysis: Assess your workloads' recovery requirements using data from Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Backup, RDS Multi-AZ deployments, and S3 Cross-Region Replication (CRR). Identify optimization opportunities to meet defined RTO and RPO targets effectively.
• Cloud disaster recovery strategy for AWS environments: Develop a robust DR strategy leveraging AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS), Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS), Route 53 DNS Failover, Auto Scaling Groups, and CloudFormation for rapid recovery automation across multiple regions and availability zones.
• Incident response and failover testing recommendations: Provide actionable recommendations for improving incident response capabilities, including failover testing scenarios using AWS Systems Manager Automation, CloudWatch alarms, and AWS Config for continuous compliance and configuration drift detection.
• Compliance assessment based on industry regulations: Perform a compliance readiness review by evaluating IAM policies, KMS encryption practices, CloudTrail audit logs, and Security Hub findings. Ensure alignment with frameworks like HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 through best-practice configurations and governance controls.
• Customized DR plan enhancements and roadmap: Deliver a tailored disaster recovery improvement plan with prioritized recommendations, quick wins, and a long-term roadmap. This includes leveraging AWS Backup policies, Global Accelerator for performance failover, and AWS Organizations for centralized governance in multi-account environments.

Who Should Use This Service?

• Organizations looking to validate or improve their DR readiness
• Companies migrating to or managing AWS-based infrastructure
• Businesses requiring compliance with security and disaster recovery standards (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001)

Why Choose DataHouse? With five decades of experience in enterprise IT solutions, cloud infrastructure, and risk management, DataHouse provides tailored DR strategies that ensure operational resilience. We draw on a robust portfolio of past client DR plans refined across diverse industries and environments to align proven approaches with your current needs. Combined with our deep expertise in AWS cloud solutions, IT governance, and security best practices, we craft customized DR plans that minimize downtime and data loss while maximizing efficiency.

Get Started: Strengthen your DR strategy with a tailored assessment. Contact DataHouse to ensure your organization is prepared for the unexpected.