Contingency Plan II

The next task under the Contingency Plan is the Disaster Recovery Plan. This requires that agencies establish and implement procedures to restore any loss of EPHI data. This is a required task.

There are several things that could cause loss of EPHI data. Hardware failure and human error are the most common. You must be able to restore EPHI data should any loss of data occur. If you have a data backup plan and adhere to it, you should be able to recover any loss of data from your backup media. However, you must also consider other possible causes of loss of data like loss of your server due to natural disaster or theft. This is where off-site backup media comes in to play.