Recovery readiness checklist
A working checklist for an agreed recovery review.
1 / Critical services
List business services, named owners, acceptable interruption, and dependencies. Confirm recovery objectives with the business.
2 / Recovery evidence
Identify backup locations, restoration records, access requirements, and the date of the latest relevant test.
3 / Access and escalation
Check recovery account ownership, secure emergency access procedures, supplier contacts, and communication responsibilities.
4 / Exercise scope
Agree the systems, scenario, participants, expected outcome, safety boundaries, and explicit authorization before exercising recovery.
5 / Validate outcomes
Compare observed restoration and data availability with agreed objectives. Record exceptions and missing evidence.
6 / Owned follow-through
Assign each gap an owner, priority, target date, and acceptance evidence. Review unresolved dependencies.
Evidence and limitations
Fictional illustrative checklist. It is not a completed assessment or a guarantee of recovery.