The disaster recovery plan is a documented set of processes and procedures that are carried out in the effort to recover the IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster. Because of many organizations' dependency on IT, it has become mandatory for organizations to have a comprehensive and well-formulated disaster recovery plan. Organizations are not able to avoid all disasters; the best they can do is plan ahead how they will recover when disasters happen. The objective of the plan is to protect the continuity of business operations when IT operations have been partially or fully stopped. There are several benefits of having a sound disaster recovery plan:

• The organization has a sense of security. The recovery plan assures it of its continued ability to function in the face of a disaster.
• The organization reduces delays in the recovery process. Without a sound plan, it is easy for the disaster recovery process to be done in an uncoordinated way, thereby leading to needless delays.
• There is guaranteed reliability of standby systems. A part of the disaster recovery plan is to restore business operations using standby systems. The plan ensures that these systems are always prepped and ready to take over during disasters.
• The provision of a standard test plan for all business operations.
• The minimization of the time taken to make decisions during disasters.
• The mitigation of legal liabilities that the organization could develop during a disaster.