I picked this week to set a fire and see how our staff responded. The reaction was one of surprise, but I'm pleased to say that the actions taken were exceptional. On this topic Newsletters Security Strategies. The first question was what type of drill to conduct. Our fire drills must cover a variety of security issues.
Backups are a good example.
Every three months, I hold a drill in which I randomly pick a file, a set of files or an entire client company's database and have our administrators restore either the latest backup or a backup from an off-site archive to a specified location. Our SLA regarding backups dictates that we will restore a company's data within a certain period of time or we must pay the company a remedy. The remedy might mean a free month of service or a cash payout. I also perform fire drills to test the reaction of our network operations analysts to security events. A normal TCP connection begins with a series of introductions.