New Zealand Government Web Standards

Recommendation 31.1.1 A comprehensive disaster recovery plan

New standards released

The New Zealand Web Standards 2.0 were released in March 2009 and replace the previous version, the New Zealand Government Web Standards 1.0 (below).  See Meeting the standards for more information.

The Recommendation

Recommendation 31.1.1 A comprehensive disaster recovery plan. A comprehensive disaster recovery plan is set out whether the site is hosted in-house or hosted externally, in which case this should constitute part of the contract.

Rationale for this recommendation

Essentially an insurance policy for minimising risk.