Responsibilities of OIT and Supported Units in a Disaster

OIT Responsibilities

  • Recommend suitable equipment for accessing and using OIT services
  • Provide guidance for equipment setup, configuration and connectivity from alternate location
  • Restore core OIT services within a target period of 30 calendar days.
    NOTE: If both OIT Data Centers are disabled, recovery may well exceed 30 calendar days.

Supported Unit (Customer) Responsibilities

  • Develop alternate business processes to use when information technology services are unavailable.
  • Obtain equipment suitable for:
    • Access to the Internet
    • Remote login capability to access critical applications
  • Relocate to alternate work location (specified in unit’s Business Continuity Plan)