13CHAPTER

Codes and Standards

Chapter Outline

13-1 Introduction

13-2 Safety Standards and Codes

13-3 Industry Regulatory Compliance

13-4 Business Policies, Procedures, and Other Best Practices

13-5 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Summary

Questions and Problems

Objectives

  • Explain the safety standards and codes related to IT

  • Define the requirement for an organization to have an emergency action plan

  • Provide an overview of fire extinguishing systems used to protect critical data-processing equipment

  • Describe regulations that can pertain to an IT organization

  • Define the business policies and procedures an organization might have to comply with or utilize in the daily management of a data center

Key Terms

OSH Act

OSHA

NFPA

CFR

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