Title: A model and a simulator for disaster recovery

Authors: William J. Caelli; Lam-For Kwok; Dennis Longley

Addresses: International Information Security Consultants Pty Ltd, 21 Castle Hill Drive South, Gaven, Queensland 4211, Australia. ' Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Che Ave., Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. ' International Information Security Consultants Pty Ltd, 94 Great Sandy Straits Marina Resort, 8 Buccaneer Drive, Urangan, Queensland 4655, Australia

Abstract: The level of economic and social cost arising from large scale disasters has become apparent in recent years. One of the conclusions that can be drawn from recent experiences is that both corporations and regulators have difficulty in predicting both the post disaster scenario, and the results of management actions in these scenarios. This paper discusses an approach that could lead to improvements in tackling this problem. The fundamental approach is iterative; a model of the system from a disaster recovery viewpoint is formulated, a prototype simulator of that model is produced, the simulator tested to provide experience of post disaster scenarios, and then this simulator experience is employed to refine the model. The model itself is based upon resource flows and the system is represented as a set of interconnected sinks and sources.

Keywords: disaster recovery; business continuity management; resource flow modelling; simulation; large scale disasters; emergency management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBCRM.2011.044409

International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management, 2011 Vol.2 No.4, pp.351 - 371

Published online: 27 Sep 2014 *

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