Computer Information Science American River College
Courses

CISS 350: Disaster Recovery

Units: 3.00
Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: CISS 310 (Network Security Fundamentals)
Hours: 54 hours lecture
Description: This course provides methods for identifying vulnerabilities and implementing countermeasures to prevent and mitigate failure risks in the information technology infrastructure for the business enterprise. Topics include disaster recovery, development of a disaster recovery plan, and development and implementation of disaster recovery policies and procedures.

Section 3: Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Analyze and discuss standard techniques for data recovery after a disaster.
  • Assess risks in the enterprise computing environment and prioritize their importance to business operations.
  • Plan and compose an enterprise-scale disaster recovery system, with priorities and timelines for critical events.
  • Create business management policies and procedures for disaster recovery.
  • Formulate roles and responsibilities across all departments' management for disaster recovery.
  • Prepare inter-organizational management relationships for disaster recovery procedures.
  • Create company-wide emergency communications policies and procedures for disaster recovery.
  • Assess and formulate data recovery procedures and prepare estimates for when each business unit will be back in operation following a disaster.
  • Describe disaster recovery policies and procedures to comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations.
  • Construct a mock data recovery disaster scenario.
  • Define and prioritize business and operational needs, threats, and solutions.
  • Compose comprehensive data recovery disaster procedures to support business operations.