Learn how to develop solutions to handle disasters both large and small. Real-world scenarios illustrate the importance of disaster response planning. IT disaster response takes a different approach to disaster response plans. Rather than focusing on details such as what hardware to buy or what software to have in place, the book emphasizes the management of a disaster and various management and communication tools you can use before and during a disaster. This book examines disasters in general—a compilation of lessons the author learned over years working in IT, reviewing plane crashes, and his experiences as a cave rescuer and cave rescue instructor. Although it may seem that none of these are really related, the truth is they all have elements in common. In each case, the unexpected has happened. Just as not all plane crashes are deadly.