What does the Disaster Recovery Automation Second Edition include?
The product delivers a 60-plus file digital playbook comprising PDFs and XLSX spreadsheets, a Platinum-Tier set of master documents, a 612-question self-assessment, 71 editable implementation templates, 48 cloud-scenario workflows and full governance, performance and sustainment toolkits, all delivered via email within 24 business hours.
Are you still relying on manual disaster-recovery steps that leave your organisation vulnerable to prolonged outages, regulator penalties and lost contracts? Every hour of un-automated recovery increases the chance of audit failures, GDPR fines and competitive disadvantage. The Disaster Recovery Automation Second Edition playbook eliminates those risks by giving you an end-to-end, instantly deployable framework that cuts recovery time objectives by up to 90 % and turns downtime into a controllable, auditable process.
What You Receive
- ~60 buyer-ready files (PDF & XLSX) - delivered by email within 24 business hours, ready to import into your existing tools.
- 00_Platinum_Tier centrepiece files:
- Master Operations Playbook (PDF) - the single source of truth for your automated recovery programme.
- 90-Day Adoption Roadmap (XLSX) - step-by-step schedule to move from assessment to full automation.
- Implementation Template (PDF) - reusable runbook structure for any recovery scenario.
- Anti-Pattern Catalogue (XLSX) - risk-handler checklist that flags common manual-recovery traps.
- Outcomes Dashboard (XLSX) - visual KPI board to report RTO improvements to executives.
- Incident Response Runbook (PDF) - ready-to-activate guide for real-time breach or outage events.
- 01_Getting_Started guide (PDF) - quick-start instructions to configure the playbook on day one.
- 02_Self-Assessment and Diagnostics (PDF/XLSX) - 612-question maturity assessment covering Strategy, Architecture, Automation Tools, Orchestration, Testing, Governance and Incident Response; includes gap-analysis worksheets.
- 03_Requirements and Goal-Setting (PDF) - goal-setting templates, stakeholder-mapping sheets and policy alignment worksheets mapped to ISO 27001, COBIT 5 and NIST SP 800-34.
- 04_Models and Frameworks (PDF) - decision matrices, comparison tables and automation-readiness frameworks.
- 06_Processes and Execution (PDF/XLSX, 13-17 files) - 71 implementation templates (editable Word and Excel) such as Recovery Runbook templates, Automation Readiness Checklists, RACI matrices and detailed workflow scripts.
- 07_Performance and KPIs (XLSX) - measurement dashboards to track RTO, recovery point objective and compliance metrics.
- 08_Quality and Governance (PDF/XLSX) - audit-prep checklists, policy templates and governance tools.
- 09_Sustainment and Improvement (PDF) - continuous-improvement framework and maturity-progress benchmarks.
- 10_Advanced Topics (PDF) - 48 scenario-based automation workflows for hybrid and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, VMware) with integration guidance for Zerto, Veeam and Ansible.
- 11_Reference and Quick Cards (PDF) - at-a-glance cheat sheets for rapid decision making.
- README.md and CUSTOMER_EMAIL.txt - onboarding notes and support contact details.
How This Helps You
- Automated recovery reduces downtime risk, protecting revenue and reputation.
- Precise maturity diagnostics let you prioritise high-impact automation projects, avoiding costly audit findings.
- Standard-aligned templates (ISO 22301, NIST, GDPR) ensure compliance and minimise regulatory fines.
- Scenario-driven workflows accelerate cloud migration and hybrid-environment resilience, keeping you ahead of competitors.
- Performance dashboards provide executive-level visibility, securing stakeholder confidence and budget approval.
- Continuous-improvement tools keep your recovery programme up-to-date, preventing operational inefficiency from eroding over time.
Who Is This For?
- IT Service Continuity Managers responsible for business-continuity planning.
- Cloud Architecture Leads overseeing hybrid-cloud migrations.
- Disaster-Recovery Engineers tasked with designing and testing automated failover.
- Chief Information Security Officers needing to demonstrate compliance with ISO 22301 and GDPR.
- Operations Directors who must guarantee service-level agreements and minimise outage impact.
Choose Disaster Recovery Automation Second Edition now and turn a vulnerable, manual recovery process into a resilient, audit-ready automation engine. It’s the strategic decision that protects your organisation, your budget and your reputation.
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