When an incident occurs all IS staff must be informed. The Director of Information Services will then decide the extent to which the DRP must be invoked. Responsibilities of the Directopr of Information Services are to:

• Respond to a potential disaster;
• Assess the extent of the disaster and its impact on the business, data center, etc.;
• Decide which elements of the DR Plan should be activated;
• Maintain vital services and return to normal operation;
• Ensure employees are notified and allocate responsibilities and activities as required.
• Restore key services within 4.0 business hours of the incident;
• Recover to business as usual within 8.0 to 24.0 hours after the incident