After the plan has been tested and found to be reliable, practical, and comprehensive, it should be submitted to top management to get approved.

The top management has to approve the recovery plan on two grounds:

• The first one is the assurance that the plan is consistent with the organization's policies, procedures, and other contingency plans (3). 

An organization may have multiple business contingency plans and they should all be streamlined. For instance, a DR plan that can only bring back online services after a few weeks might be incompatible with the goals of an e-commerce company.

• The second grounds for approval of the plan is that the plan can be slotted in for annual reviews. 

The top management will do its own evaluations of the plan to determine its adequacy. It is in the interests of the management that the whole organization is covered with an adequate recovery plan. The top management also has to evaluate the compatibility of the plan with the organization's goals.