# Disaster Recovery Plan Template, Word and PDF Source: https://nerix.ai/templates/disaster-recovery-plan Buy to download This page shows a preview. Buy the document on nerix.ai to download it as Word and PDF and print it. https://nerix.ai/templates/disaster-recovery-plan # Disaster recovery plan Get your key systems and data back after a fire, outage or attack, with targets, steps and contacts. Before you send it This is a template, not legal advice. Write the targets (how long you can be down and how much data you can lose) from your own needs and contracts, and test the plan. An untested plan is a guess. ## Fill it in and preview You are signed in. Fill it in your workspace and it is kept as a document you can send, share and have signed. [Open in your workspace](https://app.nerix.ai/documents/templates/disaster-recovery-plan) **€4.99, pay once, Word and PDF** Included in every paid nerix plan. ### Disaster recovery plan **Company:** Brightwater Analytics **Version:** 1.0, 15 January 2027 **Owner:** Priya Nair, Head of IT ## 1. Purpose and scope This plan tells Brightwater Analytics how to restore its systems and data after a disaster, so that the business can carry on. It covers: Loss of the main office (fire, flood, power) Failure of the cloud host Ransomware or deletion of data Loss of the internet link for more than a day ## 2. Systems and recovery targets The most important systems come back first. For each one the plan gives the recovery time (how long it may be down) and the recovery point (how much recent data we can afford to lose). 1. Customer database and web app. Back within 4 hours, lose at most 15 minutes of data. 2. Email and calendar. Back within 8 hours. 3. Accounting. Back within 2 days, lose at most 1 day. 4. File shares. Back within 3 days. 3. Backups 4. Where we recover 5. Team and contacts 6. What to do 7. Telling people ⁦2 / 2⁩ The full document unlocks when you download The rest is written and waiting, with your answers in place. Templates are a careful starting point, not legal advice. Where the law matters, check what applies where you are. IT and projects ## What this template is for A disaster recovery plan for IT systems and data: what matters most, how fast it must return, backups, the steps, contacts and testing. Fill it in online. It is free to fill in online and needs no account. The finished Word document and PDF cost €4.99, paid once. [See all IT and projects templates](https://nerix.ai/templates/it-projects) IT and projects ## What you fill in The form asks for 11 details. The document fills itself in as you type. - ### Company name For example: Brightwater Analytics - ### Version and date For example: 1.0, 15 January 2027 - ### Plan owner For example: Priya Nair, Head of IT - ### What this plan covers One event per line. For example: Loss of the main office (fire, flood, power) Failure of the cloud host Ransomware or deletion of data Loss of the internet link for more than a day - ### Systems, in order of importance For each: how long it can be down (recovery time) and how much data it can lose (recovery point). For example: 1. Customer database and web app. Back within 4 hours, lose at most 15 minutes of data. 2. Email and calendar. Back within 8 hours. 3. Accounting. Back within 2 days, lose at most 1 day. 4. File shares. Back within 3 days. - ### Backups What is copied, how often, where it is kept and who checks it. For example: Database copied every 15 minutes to a second region, daily full copy kept 30 days, weekly copy kept offline for 1 year. Restore test every quarter. - ### Where we recover For example: A standby environment at our cloud provider in a second region; staff work from home with company laptops - ### Recovery team and contacts Names with phone numbers that work without our own systems. For example: Recovery lead: Priya Nair, +351 910 000 111 Deputy: Daniel Ferreira, +351 910 000 222 Hosting support: 24 hour line, in the account portal Insurer: claims line on the policy - ### Where to find passwords, keys and licences (optional) optional Say where, not the secrets themselves. For example: A sealed copy in the safe in the director's office and in the password manager's emergency kit - ### Who tells staff and customers (optional) optional For example: The lead tells staff by text message. Customer Success posts on the status page and emails key customers within one hour. - ### How and when we test For example: A restore test every quarter and a full exercise once a year IT and projects ## What is inside The parts of this document, in order. - 1 1. Purpose and scope - 2 2. Systems and recovery targets - 3 3. Backups - 4 4. Where we recover - 5 5. Team and contacts - 6 6. What to do - 7 7. Telling people - 8 8. Keeping the plan alive - 9 9. Testing Templates ## How it works - 01 ### Fill in Type your details in the form. The document fills itself in as you type; click any gap to jump to its field. - 02 ### Check Read it through. Gaps you have not filled stay marked, so nothing goes out half done. - 03 ### Download Pay once and get it as a Word document to edit further and as a PDF to send or print. The link comes by email too. ### Was this template helpful? IT and projects ## Questions people ask ### What details does this template ask for? The form asks for 11 details, starting with Company name, Version and date, Plan owner, What this plan covers, Systems, in order of importance. 2 more are optional. ### How much does this template cost? €4.99, paid once. Filling it in and seeing the first part is free. You pay when you download the finished Word document and PDF, with no account and no subscription. Every paid nerix plan includes it. ### Can I download this template as Word or PDF? Yes. When you have filled in the form, press Download and pay once. You get the finished document as a Word file to keep editing and as a PDF to send or print, and the link by email. ### Is what I type sent anywhere? While you fill it in, what you type stays in your browser. When you buy the document, your answers go to nerix to make your files. They are kept for seven days so you can download again, then deleted. ### What should I check before I use this template? This is a template, not legal advice. 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