Riverbed Technology Brief Sample

A continuity of operations plan (COOP) outlines the steps that a government agency must take in the event of a disaster. Recent disasters have highlighted the importance of COOP, which enables an organization to continue performing critical functions during an emergency.

Safeguarding IT assets and information is an important part of COOP. Organizations need to back up data and information at a second location, in the event that their primary data center is no longer operational. They are also required to test the capabilities of this back-up infrastructure to ensure that it can support the required workload.