NSD successfully completes extraordinary DRP testing

AO UniCredit Bank
Fri, 03/07/2015

An unscheduled testing of the Disaster Recovery Plan by the National Settlement Depository (NSD), carried out in May, confirmed its functionality.  

                                                                     

The NSD, which has the status of the Central Securities Depository of Russia, tested certain components of the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).

The main goal of which was to assess to what extent the shortcomings discovered in the course of the three DRP tests conducted earlier this year with respect to NSD’s IT systems had been eliminated.

The compulsory registration, execution and subsequent testing of the identified improvements of the relevant areas, as well as the remedial actions taken to address any shortcomings, have to provide for the continuous development of the theoretical and practical aspects of DRP, which directly and positively influence NSD’s business continuity and its disaster recovery capability.

The successful testing of DRP confirmed that it is fully operational and sufficient to restore the main services of the IT systems of NRD within the set timeframes.

 

Contact:
Ekaterina Konovalova
Relationship Manager
Global Securities Services Russia
Ekaterina.Konovalova@unicredit.ru