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Why Implement ITDR with CardinalShield

CardinalShield ITDR was designed to create detailed and customized disaster recovery plans, allowing flexibility to tailor each plan to the specific needs of individual departments and services. The plans you create and manage through CardinalShield can be leveraged to ensure regular testing and updates of ITDR plans, focusing on adapting to emerging threats and evolving technological landscapes. CardinalShield will support our mission to foster a culture of preparedness and collaboration, engaging IT staff in continual training and awareness programs regarding IT disaster recovery.

This is what others from Stanford have said about participating in ITDR planning:

  • “I feel the process is well defined, so not much else is required.”
  • “Keep up the good work!”
  • “Thank you for all your efforts in planning and preparing our UIT Community to work through any potential disaster or impact to our services.”
  • “Thanks for doing this exercise every year.”
  • “I think it captures the information well.”
  • “Thank you for all the awesome guidance and support in completing the yearly DR Plans.”
  • "After walking through the planning for my services, I fully understand how tremendously valuable this is to the university."

Comments from CardinalShield Early Adopters

  • "Much better compared to how we used to use Microsoft Excel and Google Docs from an enterprise perspective."
  • "CardinalShield standardizes and captures the critical DR business information. It is very necessary to manage the service portfolio for a large organization."
  • "The radio buttons and pulldown menu allowed quick and easy population of the fields. I liked the screen where I could see all the sections, it made it easier to go back and update anything if needed. It’s a good user interface."
  • "Clear process and steps!"
  • "The instructions are easily understood."
  • "It's an easy workflow. I like the structured workflow and steps in right-sized chunks."
  • "After it is completed, all sections are easily visible and you can easily check inside each one."
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