| | |  | Computer Security | Home » » Disaster Recovery: Principles and Practices | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | For advanced information security courses on disaster recovery With real world examples, this text provides an extensive introduction to disaster recovery focusing on planning the team, planning for the disaster and practicing the plan to make sure that, if ever needed, it will work. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| April Wells | | Paperback:
| 298 pages | | Publisher:
| Prentice Hall | | Publication Date:
| September 19, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 013171127X | | Product Length:
| 9.14 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.46 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.06 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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Nice intro bookFeb 11, 2012
By Marc Mest
First, I worked for the major disaster recovery company and wrote their planning software along with a few others, so I do have an extensive background and know the material.
Of course this was years ago.
But the VA sent me to college and this was a required course so I had to use this book.
Second, the back of the book says this provides a complete course in developing and implementing a disaster recovery plan. Which is not true. Will you understand the concepts? yes the book does a good job at that. Will you be able to sit in a meeting and understand and contribute to your own companies disaster recovery planning? yep, and you will be in a position to actually be on the planning team.
But you will not be able to write one from this, well not an effective plan.
They do a very good job of underscoring the various aspects of the planning process. Their coverage of risk assessment is actually really good. ( the planning process is actually fairly standard, and the company I worked for originated alot of it. though there were competitiors who did have their own material. ).
They miss the mark a little with the recovery solutions and recovery strategies ( not sure they really even address it well in the book at all. ). The issue is that they seem to be vague on one page, and then very specific on the next. And they could have actually left the discussion at a high level and kept it philisophical.
There is a pretty good website with online material, the links they have to external resources is a little sketchy at times.
This is only 4 stars because the authors fail at one of the statements on the back flap, and that is teaching how to write a plan. If that were the case they would have provided a CD with a plan and discussion in the book on its actual structure.
The other issue, which is minor, is that none of the authors are certified or list their status as certified by the major certification body for Disaster recovery planning. (DRI ).
Overall they do a good job of providing more than a superficial treatment of disaster recovery. And you will be a positive contributor if you were in a meeting with coworkers on disaster recovery. It is better than what you will find surfing the web. Is there better out there? yeah if you went through certification.
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