Management of Information Security 3rd Edition by Michael Whitman ,Herbert Mattord

Exercise 22

Iris tried not to smile. She explained, "Of course, it isn't technically a disaster, but I understand what you mean. How much information is lost?"
Joel looked at her in dismay. "Lost? All of it! We had just saved the report and sent it to the department print server!"
Iris asked, "Where did you save it-to your local drive or to the department share?"
Joel tried to remember. "I think it was to the G: drive. Why?"
"Well, the G: drive is on a machine at the end of the hall, which doesn't have a water-based fire suppression system. It's probably fine. And if you did save it to your local drive, there's about an 80 percent chance we can get it anyway. I doubt the water damaged the hard drive itself." Iris continued, "We were lucky this time. If the fire had spread to the next room, the paper file storage could have been destroyed."
Extrapolate on the case. At what point could this incident have been declared a disaster? What would Iris have done differently if it had?