EFU Life Assurance Ltd. recently carried out its 2025 Disaster Recovery Drill, successfully executing a full-scale operational simulation that shifted critical business processes from its Karachi headquarters to Islamabad. The exercise, aimed at validating infrastructure resilience and organizational preparedness, was carried out with precision and received key support from Sangfor Technologies Pakistan, the company’s long-standing technology vendor. In recognition of this contribution, Sangfor’s local team was awarded certificates acknowledging their pivotal role in ensuring the drill’s success.
Disaster recovery exercises such as these are critical in demonstrating an organization’s capacity to continue operations in the face of unforeseen disruptions. EFU Life’s smooth transition of operations over a considerable geographic distance highlights the strength of its business continuity planning and the reliability of its IT infrastructure. As operational demands increasingly depend on uninterrupted access to systems and data, the importance of secure and scalable technology architecture cannot be overstated.
Sangfor Technologies Pakistan provided the technical backbone for the disaster recovery drill, enabling seamless replication of infrastructure, robust cybersecurity controls, and performance monitoring tools that ensured mission-critical systems remained functional during the simulated disruption. This local support was essential to sustaining operations during the transition and speaks to the maturity of enterprise-grade solutions now being deployed across the insurance and financial sectors in Pakistan.
The recognition extended to Sangfor Technologies’ in-country team underscores the growing emphasis on trusted partnerships in Pakistan’s technology landscape. Professionals including Adnan Siddiqui, Haseeb Raza Zaidi, Sami Ahmed, Zeeshan Haider, Faran Ahmed Khan, Syed Ali Jawwad Kazmi, and Najam ul Hassnain were among those named for their efforts. Their coordination with EFU Life’s internal IT and disaster recovery teams demonstrated an effective alignment of objectives and operational readiness.
The broader relevance of such drills is becoming increasingly evident as enterprises face evolving cyber threats, natural disasters, and geopolitical uncertainty. Ensuring that systems can recover quickly from downtime is not just a technical mandate but also a regulatory and reputational necessity. Companies are now expected to have tested, scalable disaster recovery mechanisms to meet internal risk mitigation goals and external compliance requirements.
In Pakistan, where digitalization is accelerating across banking, insurance, telecom, and public service sectors, disaster recovery readiness is emerging as a benchmark of operational excellence. This latest simulation by EFU Life reflects both foresight and discipline in risk management, with Sangfor Technologies Pakistan playing a key role in translating strategy into execution.
As technology partnerships deepen and local expertise matures, such collaborations demonstrate the capability of Pakistan’s IT vendors to deliver sophisticated solutions that meet international standards. For clients like EFU Life, working with agile and responsive partners like Sangfor ensures that continuity, security, and resilience remain core to business operations in a rapidly evolving digital economy.
Source: LinkedIn
