Lessa, Lemma (PhD)Tariku, Nigussie2020-09-252023-11-042020-09-252023-11-046/6/2020http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/22445IT services and solutions in the banking sector should be protected so as to keep the business continuing in the disastrous scenario. IT DRP ensures the provision of continuous vital business processes at an alternate site in the event of disasters. Motivated by the problem on the ground and the IT DRP framework gap identified by the previous studies in the banking sector, the researcher aimed to develop IT DRP framework for the banks in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian banks should have a mechanism and strategies in place to detect, protect, recover, reduce and avoid the likelihood that its operation will be significantly affected by such a scenario. The purpose of this study is to develop an IT DRP framework that can serve as a quality tool to help the Ethiopian Banks to evaluate their IT DRP or develop one according to their business needs. The study employed a qualitative case study method to investigate current best practices and challenges in Ethiopian government owned and private banks. A purposive sampling was used to select participants from both government owned and private banks in Addis Ababa head office. A face to face and telephone interview was conducted to collect data from both banks. The findings from this study indicated that both Bank A and Bank B do not have IT DRP in place. Both banks are on the IT DRP project initiation stage. It was also found that Bank A has established IT business continuity and disaster recovery department which has not been established in Bank B. Lack of focused group both from IT side and management side, lack of experiences and IT DRP educated personnel in the bank and on the market, lack of training and awareness, no certified IT DRP implementation company in the country, lack of IT DRP standardization in the country, lack of guaranteed telecom infrastructure backbone are some of the challenges identified in this study. Accordingly, IT DRP framework is proposed for Banks of Ethiopia. The framework was confirmed and validated by the area experts in both banks. Recommendations are forwarded and practice and related topics are suggested for future research to extend this work.enBusiness ContinuityDisaster RecoveryIt Disaster Recovery PlanRecovery StrategiesThesis