Download or read book How to Design and Successfully Accomplish a Business Continuity Program written by Barbara F. Davi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of a business continuity plan is to ensure that your business will be able to continue operating in the event of a disruption in service caused by a natural or man-made incident. This book provides a framework for businesses to assess their general and specific risks, determine measures to counter these risks, and establish a business continuity plan that will work regardless of the type of disruptive event. Written by a leading expert in the field, this text is a must-read for experienced professionals as well as those just starting out.

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 Business Continuity Planning written by Kenneth L. Fulmer and published by Rothstein Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 191 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.

Download or read book Developing an Enterprise Continuity Program written by Sergei Petrenko and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book discusses the activities involved in developing an Enterprise Continuity Program (ECP) that will cover both Business Continuity Management (BCM) as well as Disaster Recovery Management (DRM). The creation of quantitative metrics for BCM are discussed as well as several models and methods that correspond to the goals and objectives of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) Technical Committee ISO/TC 292 "Security and resilience”. Significantly, the book contains the results of not only qualitative, but also quantitative, measures of Cyber Resilience which for the first time regulates organizations’ activities on protecting their critical information infrastructure. The book discusses the recommendations of the ISO 22301: 2019 standard “Security and resilience — Business continuity management systems — Requirements” for improving the BCM of organizations based on the well-known “Plan-Do-Check-Act” (PDCA) model. It also discusses the recommendations of the following ISO management systems standards that are widely used to support BCM. The ISO 9001 standard "Quality Management Systems"; ISO 14001 "Environmental Management Systems"; ISO 31000 "Risk Management", ISO/IEC 20000-1 "Information Technology - Service Management", ISO/IEC 27001 "Information Management security systems”, ISO 28000 “Specification for security management systems for the supply chain”, ASIS ORM.1-2017, NIST SP800-34, NFPA 1600: 2019, COBIT 2019, RESILIA, ITIL V4 and MOF 4.0, etc. The book expands on the best practices of the British Business Continuity Institute’s Good Practice Guidelines (2018 Edition), along with guidance from the Disaster Recovery Institute’s Professional Practices for Business Continuity Management (2017 Edition). Possible methods of conducting ECP projects in the field of BCM are considered in detail. Based on the practical experience of the author there are examples of Risk Assessment (RA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA), examples of Business Continuity Plans (BCP) & Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) and relevant BCP & DRP testing plans. This book will be useful to Chief Information Security Officers, internal and external Certified Information Systems Auditors, senior managers within companies who are responsible for ensuring business continuity and cyber stability, as well as teachers and students of MBA’s, CIO and CSO programs.

Download or read book A Risk Management Approach to Business Continuity written by Julia Graham and published by Rothstein Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Graham and David Kaye, two globally recognized risk management experts with experience in 50 countries, were among the first to recognize the interrelationship of Risk Management and Business Continuity and demonstrate how to integrate them with Corporate Governance enterprise-wide. They focus on all the factors that must be considered when developing a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan, especially for multi-location or multinational companies. Endorsed by The Business Continuity Institute, Institute for Risk Management, and Disaster Recovery Institute International, the book includes: • Chapter objectives, summaries and bibliographies; charts, sample forms, checklists throughout. • Plentiful case studies, in boxed text, sourced globally in the UK, US, Europe, Australia, Asia, etc. • Boxed inserts summarizing key concepts. • Glossy of 150 risk management and business continuity terms. • Wide range of challenges, including supply chain disruptions, media and brand attack, product contamination and product recall, bomb threats, chemical and biological threats, etc. • Instructions for designing/executing team exercises with role playing to rehearse scenarios. • Guidance on how to develop a business continuity plan, including a Business Impact Analysis. Downloadable Instructor Materials are available for college and professional developement use, including PowerPoint slides and syllabus for 12-week course with lecture outlines/notes, quizzes, reading assignments, discussion topics, projects "Provides clear guidance, supported with a wide range of memorable and highly relevant case studies, for any risk or business continuity manager to successfully meet the challenges of today and the future." --Steven Mellish, Chairman, The Business Continuity Institute

Download or read book Business Continuity Plan A Complete Guide 2019 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When is the incident management team called? How often does the provider test disaster recovery and business continuity plans? What is the role of digital document management in business continuity planning management? What are your disaster recovery and business continuity plans? Does your business continuity plan provide alternative processes that could be used to sustain operations? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Business Continuity Plan investments work better. This Business Continuity Plan All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Business Continuity Plan Self-Assessment. Featuring 995 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Business Continuity Plan improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Business Continuity Plan projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Business Continuity Plan and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Business Continuity Plan Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Business Continuity Plan areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Business Continuity Plan self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Business Continuity Plan Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Download or read book The Business Continuity Management Desk Reference written by Jamie Watters and published by Jamie Watters. This book was released on 2010 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tools and techniques to make Business Continuity, Crisis Management and IT Service Continuity easy. If you need to prepare plans, test and maintain them, or if you need to set up DR or Work Area Recovery; then this book is written for you. The Business Continuity Desk Reference is written in simple language but is useful to both experienced professionals and newbies. Inside you'll discover: - The key concepts; explained in simple terms.- How to quickly assess your Business Continuity so that you can focus your time where it matters.- How to complete a Business Impact Assessment.- How to write plans quickly that are easy to use in a disaster.- How to test everything so that you know it will work.- How to assess any third party dependencies.- How to make sure that suppliers are robust. - How to meet customer, audit and regulatory expectations.- Get your hands on tools and templates that will make your life easy and make you look great.- Understand what other people do and how to delegate your work to them to make your life easier!

Download or read book Building an Enterprise Wide Business Continuity Program written by Kelley Okolita and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you had to evacuate from your building right now and were told you couldn't get back in for two weeks, would you know what to do to ensure your business continues to operate? Would your staff? Would every person who works for your organization? Increasing threats to business operations, both natural and man-made, mean a disaster could occur at any time. It is essential that corporations and institutions develop plans to ensure the preservation of business operations and the technology that supports them should risks become reality. Building an Enterprise-Wide Business Continuity Program goes beyond theory to provide planners with actual tools needed to build a continuity program in any enterprise. Drawing on over two decades of experience creating continuity plans and exercising them in real recoveries, including 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, Master Business Continuity Planner, Kelley Okolita, provides guidance on each step of the process. She details how to validate the plan and supplies time-tested tips for keeping the plan action-ready over the course of time. Disasters can happen anywhere, anytime, and for any number of reasons. However, by proactively planning for such events, smart leaders can prepare their organizations to minimize tragic consequences and readily restore order with confidence in the face of such adversity.

Download or read book Business Continuity Simple Steps to Win Insights and Opportunities for Maxing Out Success written by Gerard Blokdijk and published by Complete Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one-stop-source powering Business Continuity success, jam-packed with ready to use insights for results, loaded with all the data you need to decide how to gain and move ahead. Based on extensive research, this lays out the thinking of the most successful Business Continuity knowledge experts, those who are adept at continually innovating and seeing opportunities. This is the first place to go for Business Continuity innovation - INCLUDED are numerous real-world Business Continuity blueprints, presentations and templates ready for you to access and use. Also, if you are looking for answers to one or more of these questions then THIS is the title for you: What is entailed in a Business Continuity Plan? What is business continuity planning and why is it important? What is the most recommended business continuity book? Any words / experiences on business continuity management? What's AWS's plan for business continuity? Where does business continuity planning belong in an organization? What are the key or emerging issues in the business continuity management field? What are the best real life examples of business continuity strategies proving successful? What is the global market size for business continuity consulting? How does Sole Proprietors generally handle business continuity upon their death? How to start with Business Continuity Management when the company is a mess? What metrics can be used to sell Business Continuity? How does one create a business continuity plan for SAAS application? Has business continuity thinking and planning become too formulaic? What are your business continuity strategies if your business runs entirely in the cloud? Is disaster recovery and business continuity plan a good career option? What are the key tasks when considering business continuity planning for an international airport? In large organizations should the risk management and business continuity management be kept separate? ...and much more...

Download or read book Business Continuity Planning Bcp a Complete Guide written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do your measurements capture actionable Business Continuity Planning (BCP) information for use in exceeding your customers expectations and securing your customers engagement? Is there a critical path to deliver Business Continuity Planning (BCP) results? Meeting the challenge: are missed Business Continuity Planning (BCP) opportunities costing us money? What are internal and external Business Continuity Planning (BCP) relations? How will the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) team and the organization measure complete success of Business Continuity Planning (BCP)? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Business Continuity Planning (BCP) investments work better. This Business Continuity Planning (BCP) All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Self-Assessment. Featuring 681 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Business Continuity Planning (BCP) improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Business Continuity Planning (BCP) projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Business Continuity Planning (BCP) areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard, and... - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation ...plus an extra, special, resource that helps you with project managing. INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Download or read book Implementing Your Business Continuity Plan written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the principles and applies the methodologies for preparing effective and detailed business continuity plans. The content prepares the reader to develop the actual plan and prepare plan documentation. It uses the writer's experience to enable you to prepare your corporate wide-specific business continuity plan. The book also includes a practical how-to-do-it template to assist persons without previous experience in business continuity planning in preparing their own specific business units' and corporate-wide business continuity plan.

Download or read book Business Continuity Plan Complete Self Assessment Guide written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does Business Continuity Plan systematically track and analyze outcomes for accountability and quality improvement? Have the types of risks that may impact Business Continuity Plan been identified and analyzed? Has the direction changed at all during the course of Business Continuity Plan? If so, when did it change and why? What are the success criteria that will indicate that Business Continuity Plan objectives have been met and the benefits delivered? How do we maintain Business Continuity Plan's Integrity? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Business Continuity Plan investments work better. This Business Continuity Plan All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Business Continuity Plan Self-Assessment. Featuring 726 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Business Continuity Plan improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Business Continuity Plan projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Business Continuity Plan and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Business Continuity Plan Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Business Continuity Plan areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Business Continuity Plan self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.

Download or read book Business Continuity Plan 35 Success Secrets 35 Most Asked Questions on Business Continuity Plan What You Need to Know written by Catherine Riggs and published by Emerge Publishing Group Llc. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has never been a Business Continuity Plan Guide like this. Business Continuity Plan 35 Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of Business Continuity Plan. Instead, it answers the top 35 questions that we are asked and those we come across in our forums, consultancy and education programs. It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast! This comprehensive guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. This Guide introduces everything you want to know to be successful with Business Continuity Plan. A quick look inside of the subjects covered: Going Online to Undertake CISSP Security Training, Business Continuity Plan vs. Disaster Recovery Explained, IT Recovery Strategies, Business Continuity Planning Process Diagram:, IT Disaster Recovery Plan, What You Can Learn In CISSP Seminar, The Difference Between Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity Plan, Change Control: These activities include many daily chores such as project management...., Particulars About the CISSP All-In-One Exam Guide, Second Edition All-In-One, The Role of the Server Administrator in the Server Disaster Recovery Process, What Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity Planning Can Do To Companies, Implementing A Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity Plan, CISSP Crash And Cram Course, cisa cissp, ITIL v3 Foundation Glossary, The Scope of the CISSP Review Seminar for CBK, Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Plan - What Makes the Difference?, Exam Dates For The CISSP, The Key Aspects in Creating Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plan, Watch Out for CISSP Dump or Braindumps, ITIL Service Continuity is far more than just Disaster Recovery Planning, DRS - Making a Mark on Disaster Recovery Services, Conducting Risk Management Seminars and Workshops, Computer Education: Why You Need To Get A CISSP Certification, ITIL: ITIL Service Management Processes can be broken down into 2...., Data Backup, The Five Main Phases of a BCP Manual for Computer Disaster Recovery, Disaster Recovery In Florida: Debris Removal Through Contractor, Disaster Recovery Plan - The Key to Surviving Disasters, Recovery Strategies, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Roles Intertwined, The CISSP Domains under ISC2 CBK, Help Desk Glossary, ITIL Environment, WiMax and Its Uses, and much more...

Download or read book Business Continuity Planning A Complete Guide 2019 Edition written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has the IT Disaster Recovery plan been integrated with other applicable plans (e.g., Business Continuity or Resumption Plan, Occupant Evaluation Plan, etc.)? Do your disaster recovery plans include the scheduling of personnel in case of a disaster? Has the drp considered a scenario where a majority of the designated disaster recovery personnel will be unavailable? Are intrusion detection devices inspected and tested regularly? Has the disaster recovery team been adequately trained? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Business continuity planning investments work better. This Business continuity planning All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Business continuity planning Self-Assessment. Featuring 989 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Business continuity planning improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Business continuity planning projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Business continuity planning and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Business continuity planning Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Business continuity planning areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Business continuity planning self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Business continuity planning Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

Download or read book The Manager s Guide to Simple Strategic Service Oriented Business Continuity written by Rachelle Loyear, MBCP, AFBCI, CISM, PMP and published by Rothstein Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have the knowledge and skill to create a workable Business Continuity Management (BCM) program – but too often, your projects are stalled while you attempt to get the right information from the right person. Rachelle Loyear experienced these struggles for years before she successfully revamped and reinvented her company’s BCM program. In The Manager’s Guide to Simple, Strategic, Service-Oriented Business Continuity, she takes you through the practical steps to get your program back on track. Rachelle Loyear understands your situation well. Her challenge was to manage BCM in a large enterprise that required hundreds of BC plans to be created and updated. The frustrating reality she faced was that subject matter experts in various departments held the critical information she needed, but few were willing to write their parts of the plan. She tried and failed using all the usual methods to educate and motivate – and even threaten – departments to meet her deadlines. Finally, she decided there had to be a better way. The result was an incredibly successful BCM program that was adopted by BCM managers in other companies. She calls it “The Three S’s of BCM Success,” which can be summarized as: Simple – Strategic – Service-Oriented. Loyear’s approach is easy and intuitive, considering the BCM discipline from the point of view of the people in your organization who are tasked to work with you on building the plans and program. She found that most people prefer: Simple solutions when they are faced with something new and different. Strategic use of their time, making their efforts pay off. Service to be provided, lightening their part of the load while still meeting all the basic requirements. These tactics explain why the 3S program works. It helps you, it helps your program, and it helps your program partners. Loyear says, “If you follow the ‘Three S’ philosophy, the number of plans you need to document will be fewer, and the plans will be simpler and easier to produce. I’ve seen this method succeed repeatedly when the traditional method of handing a business leader a form to fill out or a piece of software to use has failed to produce quality plans in a timely manner.” In The Manager’s Guide to Simple, Strategic, Sevice-Oriented Business Continuity, Loyear shows you how to: Completely change your approach to the problems of “BCM buy-in.” Find new ways to engage and support your BCM program partners and subject matter experts. Develop easier-to-use policies, procedures, and plans. Improve your overall relationships with everyone involved in your BCM program. Craft a program that works around the roadblocks rather than running headlong into them.

Download or read book Principles and Practice of Business Continuity written by Jim Burtles, KLJ, CMLJ, FBCI and published by Rothstein Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive how-to guide captures the distilled wisdom and experience of Jim Burtles, a founding fellow of the Business Continuity Institute; an internationally renowned figure in business continuity with over 30 years of experience and teaching across 22 countries; and a veteran of practical experience that includes recovery work with victims of events such as bombings, earthquakes, storms and fires, along with technical assistance/ support in more than 90 disasters, and advice/guidance for clients in over 200 emergency situations. As such, this book is a gold mine of practical information, based on solid theoretical underpinnings. It is an ideal combination of the practice of business continuity - standards, best practices, global perspectives - and, the process of business continuity - planning, development, implementation, and maintenance. Jim presents a clear picture of not only how to do what needs to be done, but why. By striking a balance between theory and practice, Jim's approach makes the reader's job much easier and more effective. Illustrated with numerous charts, forms and checklists, the book covers business continuity management from start to finish: understanding risks; assessing impact and developing a Business Impact Analysis; choosing contingency strategies; emergency response processes and procedures; salvage and restoration; disaster recovery; developing business continuity plans, including those for business continuity, emergency response, crisis management, function restoration, and disaster recovery; maintaining long term continuity; reviewing and auditing plans; exercising and testing plans; crisis management; dealing with various personnel issues before, during and after a crisis; and working with a variety of agencies and people, including local authorities, regulators, insurers, fire and rescue personnel, and neighbors. This comprehensive reference based on years of practical experience will ensure that the reader is in a position to engage in all of the activities associated with the development, delivery, exercise and maintenance of a business continuity program. There is a glossary of 90 business continuity terms. The accompanying downloadable BCP Tool Kit has 24 planning and analysis tools, including sample plans for evacuation, emergency response, and crisis management; scripts and plot development tools for creating exercises to test and audit plans; analysis tools for fire exposure, service impact, resource requirements, etc. It also includes checklists, case studies, and Web references. In addition to those highlighted above, this book includes additional important features: Ideal for senior undergraduate, MBA, certificate, and corporate training programs. Chapter overviews and conclusions; charts, graphs and checklists throughout Glossy of 90 business continuity terms. Downloadable Business Continuity Tool Kit, including templates of a sample business continuity plan, evacuation plan, emergency response plan, crisis management plan; case studies and exercises; student assignments; Websites; reader self-assessment. Instructor Materials, including PowerPoint slides, Syllabus and Instructor's Manual for 8-week course, with emphasis on student role playing. Author is a business continuity management pioneer and legend

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