Disaster Recovery Preparation Health Assessment Form
Assess your organization’s disaster recovery readiness, identify gaps, and plan next steps for continuity preparedness.
Organization Profile and Recovery Scope
Organization Name
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Primary Contact Name
*
First Name
Last Name
Job Title / Role
*
Email Address
*
example@example.com
Phone Number
*
Please enter a valid phone number.
Format: (000) 000-0000.
Department / Business Unit
Number of Employees or Sites Covered
*
Primary Systems / Services in Scope
*
Email
File Storage
ERP / Finance
CRM
Customer Portal
Network / Internet Services
Collaboration Tools
Manufacturing / Operations Systems
Other
Operating Location(s)
Headquarters
Office Locations
Data Center(s)
Warehouse / Plant
Remote / Hybrid
Cloud Hosting Region(s)
Other
Current Disaster Recovery Preparedness Assessment
Does a disaster recovery plan exist?
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Yes
No
In Progress
Not Sure
When was the disaster recovery plan last reviewed?
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Month
 -
Day
Year
Date
Are backup procedures documented?
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Yes
Partially
No
How often are backups performed?
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Please Select
Continuous
Every 15 Minutes
Hourly
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Ad Hoc
Other
What backup coverage is currently in place?
Offsite backup
Cloud backup
Local backup
Encrypted backups
Air-gapped backups
Other
How often are restore tests performed?
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After every backup change
Monthly
Quarterly
Semi-annually
Annually
Never
How familiar are you with the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for critical systems?
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Fully aware
Mostly aware
Somewhat aware
Not aware
How familiar are you with the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) for critical systems?
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Fully aware
Mostly aware
Somewhat aware
Not aware
Current preparedness by area
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Rows
Fully Ready
Mostly Ready
Partially Ready
Not Ready
Dependency mapping
1
2
3
4
Alternate worksite readiness
5
6
7
8
Remote work readiness
9
10
11
12
Communication plan availability
13
14
15
16
Staff training completion
17
18
19
20
Is an alternate worksite or remote work arrangement ready for use during an incident?
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Yes
Partially
No
Not Applicable
Overall confidence in current recovery readiness
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Very Low
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Very High
10
1 is Very Low, 10 is Very High
Have staff completed disaster recovery training?
*
All staff
Most staff
Some staff
None
Not Sure
Infrastructure, Data Protection, and Continuity Details
Critical systems
*
Server applications
Virtual machines
Databases
File shares
Email services
Network infrastructure
Cloud workloads
Remote access systems
Other
Data types protected
*
Customer records
Financial records
Operational documents
Source code
Configuration data
Logs
Email archives
Shared files
Other
Backup storage locations
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On-site storage
Off-site storage
Cloud storage
Tape archives
Managed backup service
Colocation facility
Portable media
Other
Disaster scenarios planned for
*
Hardware failure
Power outage
Cyber incident
Natural disaster
Human error
Ransomware
Network outage
Cloud service disruption
Other
Communication channels available
*
Email
Phone tree
SMS alerts
Team chat
Emergency hotline
Status page
Radio/alternate communications
Other
Restoration priority
Known gaps
Recent issues
Recovery systems details
Improvement Actions and Follow-up
Prioritized remediation actions
*
Target completion date
*
 -
Month
 -
Day
Year
Date
Responsible owner
*
First Name
Last Name
Preferred follow-up method
*
Please Select
Email
Phone
Virtual meeting
On-site meeting
Other
Comments
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