Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown is a simulation from iluminr in the Natural Hazards & Climate category for Business Continuity, Operations and Crisis Management. It tests how your team protects branch, contact center & claims, with indicative mapping to OCC / Fed / FDIC Sound Practices, FFIEC BCM Handbook and UK PS21/3 Operational Resilience.
A catastrophic heatwave leads to widespread grid failure, forcing organizations to consider drastic action: a controlled shutdown of their primary data center. This Microsimulation tests tactical preparedness, technical decision-making, and procedural clarity under constrained, real-time conditions. Ideal for stress-testing your organization’s ability to respond, coordinate, and protect data when the lights go out.
What it tests
- Increase awareness to initial protocols required before data centre shutdown procedures commence.
- Validate shutdown playbook and procedures.
- Validate batch job requirements and dependencies between them and backup activities.
- Validate month end batch job timelines.
How you can run it
Questions about Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown
What does Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown test?
Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown tests whether your team can increase awareness to initial protocols required before data centre shutdown procedures commence, validate shutdown playbook and procedures and validate batch job requirements and dependencies between them and backup activities.
Who should take Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown?
Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown is designed for Business Continuity, Operations, Crisis Management, People & HR and Executive & Board.
Which regulations and standards does Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown support?
Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown supports testing expectations in OCC / Fed / FDIC Sound Practices, FFIEC BCM Handbook, UK PS21/3 Operational Resilience, APRA CPS 230, ISO 22301, Basel Principles for Operational Resilience, MAS BCM Guidelines, ISO 22320, ISO 22316, AU SOCI Act, US NIPP, SEC Regulation SCI, CPMI-IOSCO PFMI, ISO 22398 and NIST SP 800-84. Mapping is indicative, so confirm scope against your own obligations.
Can Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown be run individually or as a team?
It runs as a team exercise in a shared event room. It can also be extended into a full-scale simulation across teams and partners.
Can we customize Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown?
Yes. You can tailor the roles, plans, critical services, injects and objectives in the iluminr builder, or have our team customize it for you.
How do we get access to Sustained Power Outage: DC Shutdown?
Request it from this page. If you are an iluminr customer, we will set up access in your account. If not, we will contact you and either provide access or facilitate it for you.
