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Website Loss and Recovery

Website maintenance is often written only onloss and disaster situations in a practical
paper and never implemented. The result is aand safe manner. It includes dealing with
gamble where there is every chance of yourissues of life safety, emergency policies and
website  being  damaged  and  inaccessible.server rules and website functioning
guidelines.
Causes
Resumption: This stage refers to the actual
Server Problems: Sometimes, websites run intostage of planning and implementing the
problems when the host network server iswebsite recovery plan. The recovery plan
running redundant sites and backups. Apartshould be time-sensitive, cost-effective and
from analysing personal location risks, aenable a user or business to resume normal
user has to consider certain factors aboutbusiness  activity.
servers:
Recovery: The phase of recovery can be
· Does your host server havedescribed as the timeline of expanded
redundancy  backups?operations after a website loss. The phase
helps a user to deal with time-sensitive
· How often does the host serverbusiness  operations  after  resumption.
perform  backups?
Restoration: This can be classified as the
· Can the host server handlefinal stage in website recovery planning. It
'denial  of  service  attacks'?involves pre-planning the repair or
relocation of the primary site and its
· Does the host server provide acontents. It also ensures that the repaired
program of virus scans and firewallwebsite is functional including latest tools
protection systems checking all data andand  processes  to  detect  sluggish  speed.
website  material  released  to your network?
The Recovery Plan: Every website is made up
Physical Problems: Sometimes, a user getsof  three  parts:
disconnected from the web because the contact
service provider was running an illegal· What you need in order for
operation. It could also be that the networkusers  to  view  the  website
connections got faulty due to sudden power
surges of lightning. This could affect your· The tools you need to maintain
system  and  make  your website inaccessible.the  website
Natural Disasters: A user also runs the risk· The things you need for new
of losing website access due to naturaldevelopment  on  your  website
disasters of earthquakes and floods. These
natural disasters could occur at the serviceThus, a user has to first consider the things
provider location or host location. Eitherthat are available which relate to and deal
way, website access is lost. Sometimes,with the live operation of the website. This
limited and minimal LAN connectivity alsoincludes all hardware, operating system,
restricts the user in opening up personalnetwork connectivity and all files and
website.scripts that make up the website. A user has
to have hosting package i.e. regular backups.
Human Error: Usually human error isThis ensures that the website does not use or
accidental in nature. Maybe the user forgotrun on redundant mechanisms. It is
to renew the domain name. It could alsorecommended not to depend solely on the host
happen that the user accidentally input theservice provider. Develop personal service
wrong date and time. Usually, this happenscontents installing regular backups and
for online business that input 2003 insteadupdates.
of  2007  or  01/07  instead  of  07/08.
Next in line is content management or
How  to  Plan  for  Website  Lossanalysing all the web tools and mechanisms
that are available. A user has to update them
Risk Assessment: In order to plan for anyregularly. Sometimes, updates including virus
eventuality of website loss, every user --scans may take a long time. But, a user needs
whether a business or a home user -- has toto install for website protection. The last
conduct an analysis of risks andstep involves analysing the tools a user will
vulnerabilities. This includes documentingneed for future development and maintenance
financial, server and human error risks andof website. This includes documenting
prioritising  them.digitally and in paper format, all the tools
of your browser, host provider and business
Prevention: This usually includes activitiesguidelines. A user also needs to develop and
which minimise the possibility of anstore a web log in a data storage device.
emergency occurring in your organization. TheThis device documents in detail the exact
main aim of prevention is to protect userprocedure followed when opening the website
assets  minimising  risk  and  loss.initially. This helps the user to retrieve
the website and make necessary changes for
Response: Response deals with reacting tothe future.



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