Download or read book Business Continuity Planning Methodology written by Akhtar Syed and published by Sentryx. This book was released on 2004 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Business Continuity Planning written by Ken Doughty and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-09-11 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once considered a luxury, a business continuity plan has become a necessity. Many companies are required to have one by law. Others have implemented them to protect themselves from liability, and some have adopted them after a disaster or after a near miss. Whatever your reason, the right continuity plan is essential to your organization. Business

Download or read book Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for IT Professionals written by Susan Snedaker and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful Earthquake Triggers Tsunami in Pacific. Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall in the Gulf Coast. Avalanche Buries Highway in Denver. Tornado Touches Down in Georgia. These headlines not only have caught the attention of people around the world, they have had a significant effect on IT professionals as well. As technology continues to become more integral to corporate operations at every level of the organization, the job of IT has expanded to become almost all-encompassing. These days, it's difficult to find corners of a company that technology does not touch. As a result, the need to plan for potential disruptions to technology services has increased exponentially. That is what Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is: a methodology used to create a plan for how an organization will recover after a disaster of various types. It takes into account both security and corporate risk management tatics.There is a lot of movement around this initiative in the industry: the British Standards Institute is releasing a new standard for BCP this year. Trade shows are popping up covering the topic.* Complete coverage of the 3 categories of disaster: natural hazards, human-caused hazards, and accidental and technical hazards.* Only published source of information on the new BCI standards and government requirements.* Up dated information on recovery from cyber attacks, rioting, protests, product tampering, bombs, explosions, and terrorism.

Download or read book A Guide to Business Continuity Planning written by James C. Barnes and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2001-06-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interest in Business Continuity has gained significant momentum in the last few years, especially with the Y2K non-event, the increasing corporate dependence on computer systems and the growing levels of devastation associated with recent disasters. This book takes an organization interested in continuity planning through the processes needed to develop an effective plan. "Jim Barnes has succeeded in providing us a much-needed tool, with which we can condidently face many of the day-to-day challenges of business contingency planning ... With this book, he has taken an important step in removing much of the guesswork and frustration from the business continuity implementation project." From the Foreword by Philip Jan Rothstein, FBCI, President of Rothstein Associates Inc., Publisher of The Rothstein Catalog on Disaster Recovery, 2001

Download or read book Business Continuity written by Bob Hayes and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Business Continuity playbook provides the background and tools to create, manage, and execute all facets of an organization's business continuity program (BCP). Business continuity planning is an activity performed daily by organizations of all types and sizes to ensure that critical business functions are available before, during, and after a crisis. This playbook guides the security leader through the development, implementation, and maintenance of a successful BCP. The text begins with a detailed description of the concept and value of business continuity planning, transitioning into a step-by-step guide to building or enhancing a BCP. Its 14 appendices, which include sample forms, templates, and definitions, make it an invaluable resource for business continuity planning. The Business Continuity playbook is a part of Elsevier's Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs. - Answers the unavoidable question, "What is the business value of a business continuity program?" - Breaks down a business continuity program into four major elements for better understanding and easier implementation - Includes 14 appendices that provide sample forms, templates, and definitions for immediate adaptation in any business setting

Download or read book IBM System Storage Business Continuity Part 1 Planning Guide written by Charlotte Brooks and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2007-03-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A disruption to your critical business processes could leave the entire business exposed. Today's organizations face ever-escalating customer demands and expectations. There is no room for downtime. You need to provide your customers with continuous service because your customers have a lot of choices. Your competitors are standing ready to take your place. As you work hard to grow your business, you face the challenge of keeping your business running without a glitch. To remain competitive, you need a resilient IT infrastructure. This IBM Redbooks publication introduces the importance of Business Continuity in today's IT environments. It provides a comprehensive guide to planning for IT Business Continuity and can help you design and select an IT Business Continuity solution that is right for your business environment. We discuss the concepts, procedures, and solution selection for Business Continuity in detail, including the essential set of IT Business Continuity requirements that you need to identify a solution. We also present a rigorous Business Continuity Solution Selection Methodology that includes a sample Business Continuity workshop with step-by-step instructions in defining requirements. This book is meant as a central resource book for IT Business Continuity planning and design. The companion title to this book, IBM System Storage Business Continuity: Part 2 Solutions Guide, SG24-6548, describes detailed product solutions in the System Storage Resiliency Portfolio.

Download or read book Business Resumption Planning written by Edward S. Devlin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-12-24 with total page 1105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without a disaster recovery plan, there's no second chance. This is a low-cost, turnkey tool to prepare your company for emergencies. Easy-to-follow and concise, Business Resumption Planning is the most up-to-date reference source with answers to the most frequently asked questions about data center recovery, communications recovery, general business operations recovery and more. You'll learn how to: Identify and document critical business processes Determine resource requirements and organize recovery teams Establish, document and test recovery policies and procedures Protect and recover data center, voice and data, communications equipment and business operations Conduct a Technical Vulnerability Analysis of the physical environment Perform a Business Impact Analysis Included with your volume are complete forms and checklists on a CD-ROM to help organize and custom-tailor your own contingency and disaster recovery plan quickly and inexpensively without overlooking details. No one knows what the future will bring, but with Business Resumption Planning you can prepare for it. And, you'll receive an annual update-shipped on approval-to keep you advised of all the latest trends and techniques in this extremely important field. With Business Resumption Planning you can profit from the experiences of professionals like yourself and learn exactly what to do when disaster strikes. You owe it to yourself and to your company to purchase this valuable tool today.

Download or read book Operational and Business Continuity Planning for Prolonged Airport Disruptions written by Scott Corzine and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2013 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 93: Operational and Business Continuity Planning for Prolonged Airport Disruptions provides a guidebook and software tool for airport operators to assist, plan, and prepare for disruptive and catastrophic events that have the potential for causing prolonged airport closure resulting in adverse impacts to the airport and to the local, regional, and national economy. The software tool is available in a CD-ROM format and is intended to help develop and document airport business continuity plans or revise current plans in light of this guidance. The CD is also available for download from TRB's website as an ISO image."--Publisher's description.

Download or read book Business Continuity and Risk Management written by Kurt J. Engemann and published by Rothstein Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an instructor, you have seen business continuity and risk management grow exponentially, offering an exciting array of career possibilities to your students. They need the tools needed to begin their careers -- and to be ready for industry changes and new career paths. You cannot afford to use limited and inflexible teaching materials that might close doors or limit their options. Written with your classroom in mind,Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience is the flexible, modular textbook you have been seeking -- combining business continuity and risk management. Full educator-designed teaching materials available for download. From years of experience teaching and consulting in Business Continuity and Risk, Kurt J. Engemann and Douglas M. Henderson explain everything clearly without extra words or extraneous philosophy. Your students will grasp and apply the main ideas quickly. They will feel that the authors wrote this textbook with them specifically in mind -- as if their questions are answered even before they ask them. Covering both Business Continuity and Risk Management and how these two bodies of knowledge and practice interface, Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience is a state-of-the-art textbook designed to be easy for the student to understand -- and for you, as instructor, to present. Flexible, modular design allows you to customize a study plan with chapters covering: Business Continuity and Risk principles and practices. Information Technology and Information Security. Emergency Response and Crisis Management. Risk Modeling – in-depth instructions for students needing the statistical underpinnings in Risk Management. Global Standards and Best Practices Two real-world case studies are integrated throughout the text to give future managers experience in applying chapter principles to a service company and a manufacturer. Chapter objectives, discussion topics, review questions, numerous charts and graphs. Glossary and Index. Full bibliography at the end of each chapter. Extensive, downloadable classroom-tested Instructor Resources are available for college courses and professional development training, including slides, syllabi, test bank, discussion questions, and case studies. Endorsed by The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and The Institute of Risk Management (IRM). QUOTES "It's difficult to write a book that serves both academia and practitioners, but this text provides a firm foundation for novices and a valuable reference for experienced professionals."--Security Management Magazine "The authors...bring the subject to life with rich teaching and learning features, making it an essential read for students and practitioners alike." – Phil AUTHOR BIOS Kurt J. Engemann, PhD, CBCP, is the Director of the Center for Business Continuity and Risk Management and Professor of Information Systems in the Hagan School of Business at Iona College. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management Douglas M. Henderson, FSA, CBCP, is President of Disaster Management, Inc., and has 20+ years of consulting experience in all areas of Business Continuity and Emergency Response Management. He is the author of Is Your Business Ready for the Next Disaster? and a number of templates.

Download or read book Disaster Recovery Testing written by Philip Jan Rothstein and published by Rothstein Associates Inc. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than providing readers with only one perspective on testing contingency plans, Mr. Rothstein has taken the powerful approach of carefully assembling a panel of thirty professionals to contribute their unique expertise in 36 detailed chapters, 350+ pages,covering such subject areas as:- test planning and management, including management's role, budgeting, justification and politics- test participants and resources, including professional development, human factors, the test team, self-assessment, the roles of vendors, consultants, auditors, clients, software- testing methods, including walkthroughs, simulations, joint testing, surprise testing, real disasters as the ultimate test- what is being tested, including business units, locations, data centers, voice / data communications, trading floors, local area networks- any other practical considerations, such as test monitoring, first-time testing, feedback, reporting and follow-up;even a sample test plan is included.

Download or read book Business Resumption Planning written by Edward S. Devlin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-12-24 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without a disaster recovery plan, there's no second chance. This is a low-cost, turnkey tool to prepare your company for emergencies. Easy-to-follow and concise, Business Resumption Planning is the most up-to-date reference source with answers to the most frequently asked questions about data center recovery, communications recovery, general business operations recovery and more. You'll learn how to: Identify and document critical business processes Determine resource requirements and organize recovery teams Establish, document and test recovery policies and procedures Protect and recover data center, voice and data, communications equipment and business operations Conduct a Technical Vulnerability Analysis of the physical environment Perform a Business Impact Analysis Included with your volume are complete forms and checklists on a CD-ROM to help organize and custom-tailor your own contingency and disaster recovery plan quickly and inexpensively without overlooking details. No one knows what the future will bring, but with Business Resumption Planning you can prepare for it. And, you'll receive an annual update-shipped on approval-to keep you advised of all the latest trends and techniques in this extremely important field. With Business Resumption Planning you can profit from the experiences of professionals like yourself and learn exactly what to do when disaster strikes. You owe it to yourself and to your company to purchase this valuable tool today.

Download or read book Business Resumption Planning written by Leo A. Wrobel and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering hundreds of tips, templates, checklists, and pointers to information in the public domain, Business Resumption Planning, Second Edition assists you in creating a rock solid recovery plan for any size organization. It provides the information you need in order to coordinate first responders to meet any disaster scenario head on, whet

Download or read book Business Resumption Planning Second Supplement written by Edward S. Devlin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-12-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering hundreds of tips, templates, checklists, and pointers to information in the public domain, Business Resumption Planning, Second Edition assists you in creating a rock solid recovery plan for any size organization. It provides the information you need in order to coordinate first responders to meet any disaster scenario head on, whether inv

Download or read book Business Resumption Planning Second Edition written by Leo A. Wrobel and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering hundreds of tips, templates, checklists, and pointers to information in the public domain, Business Resumption Planning, Second Edition assists you in creating a rock solid recovery plan for any size organization. It provides the information you need in order to coordinate first responders to meet any disaster scenario head on, whether involving computers, telecommunications, or infrastructure in a timely and effective manner. What’s New in the Second Edition: · The latest techniques for conducting an efficient Business Impact Analysis and an accurate Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) · Advice on how to successfully recover from Ground Zero events, such as those involving Oklahoma City, the World Trade Center (WTC), and Hurricane Katrina · Tips for recovery teams and first responders, including how to maintain “4Ci” (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and intelligence) during a disaster · An examination of legal ramifications resulting from a failure to plan—including new liability issues that directly affect you · An explanation of how the recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 impacts your planning effort · Plans and templates that assess vulnerability in WANs, Open Networks, physical facilities, environmentals, and enhanced services The book contains actual case studies and examples illustrating the vulnerabilities of today’s mission critical systems. It details the proactive steps you should take now to first assess your exposure, then eliminate it. The book also includes a CD-ROM that contains worksheets, checklists, audit forms, work breakdown structures, and reports.

Download or read book The Disaster Recovery Handbook written by Michael Wallace and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes careful planning to ensure that a disaster of any typewhether the result of fire, an electrical outage, a major computer virus, or even terrorismdoes not result in a prolonged service interruption that could affect your business for years to come. By creating a proactive disaster recovery program, you can keep your people, inventory, and resources safe and secure. The Disaster Recovery Handbook is a comprehensive reference to help your business survive any kind of major disruption, giving you the tools you need to protect your organization in the event of extraordinary circumstances. Filled with practical solutions and ready-to-use tools, the book provides detailed instructions for: * Assessing risk * Assembling a disaster recovery team * Building an interim plan for immediate protection * Setting up an emergency operations center * Clearly documenting recovery procedures * Testing and debugging the plan to make sure it works * Ensuring the health and physical safety of your people * Recovering vital records * Protecting your material resources

Download or read book Crisis Management Planning and Execution written by Edward S. Devlin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crisis management planning refers to the methodology used by executives to respond to and manage a crisis and is an integral part of a business resumption plan. Crisis Management Planning and Execution explores in detail the concepts of crisis management planning, which involves a number of crises other than physical disaster. Defining th

Download or read book Business Continuity Planning written by Kenneth L. Fulmer and published by Rothstein Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy workbook format shows managers new to Business Continuity Planning how to quickly develop a basic plan and keep it updated. If you've been tasked with developing a basic business continuity plan and aren't sure where to start, this workbook with sample forms, checklists, templates, and plans will walk you step-by-step through the process. The book is aimed at single/few location companies with up to 250 employees and is more oriented to an office environment, especially where computer operations are critical. It offers a fast, practical approach for small companies with limited staff and time to customize a workable plan and expand it as they grow. Endorsed by The Business Continuity Institute and Disaster Recovery Institute International, it includes these helpful tools: Straightforward, jargon-free explanations emphasize the non-technical aspects of Information Technology/Disaster Recovery planning. Glossary with 120 terms and Appendices with sample risk assessment and risk analysis checklists. Extensive, easy to-use downloadable resources include reproducible worksheets, forms, templates, questionnaires, and checklists for various natural disasters and special hazards such as power outages, boiler failures, bomb threats, hazardous material spills, and civil unrest, along with a checklist for vital records storage. For professional development or college classes the book is accompanied by a set of Instructor Materials.