Disaster Recovery Jobs Key Terms

Pick up some pieces of knowledge with these disaster recovery key terms

By Meredith Fagioli

Most business owners think they have enough protection and plans in place to have their business and profits survive a disaster and end up with all of their data intact. It's the job of a disaster recovery specialist to inform the business if they are protected enough and if their plans will work. To understand the lingo the disaster recovery specialist may use, here are a few frequently-heard key terms.

Computer security engineer

Network engineers who are trained in disaster recovery roles are often called computer security engineers. They are responsible for protecting computer systems from security breaches, quickly fixing breakdowns and implementing a company's disaster recovery plan.
Try: Progent Corporation has a good description of what network engineers in security engineer positions are responsible for.

Disaster recovery plan

A company's disaster recovery plan, or DRP, is the plan for how the company will regain its operations after a large scale disaster.
Try: At IBM, you can find some useful tips on disaster recovery plans.

Data recovery engineer

Data recovery engineers are hired by a company to help retrieve lost data. These engineers are trained to handle sensitive information and can even recover encrypted information and decrypt information, if necessary. This type of data recovery allows a company's business continuity plan to work.
Try: DriveSavers Data Recovery explains how their data recovery service works and gives a good overview of what a data recovery engineer does.

Business continuity

The act of business continuity planning is making sure that your business can keep making money during both a large scale disaster or small challenges, such as a strike.
Try: The International Data Group has an article on the basics of business continuity planning.

Data recovery software

Some companies with IT professionals on staff may not need the services of a data recovery engineer or specialist. In these cases, data recovery software may aid the IT department in recovering lost data.
Try: Symantec Corporation has software package for data recovery and describes the features and benefits of data recovery software.

Disaster recovery coordinator

A disaster recovery coordinator has the responsiblity to identify a company's weak areas and oversee the creation of a disaster recovery plan from start to finish.
Try: Microsoft explains the essentials that a disaster recovery coordinator should address.