Download or read book Managing Sustaining Your Business Continuity Management Program written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the framework, processes, good practices and templates that are necessary to establish, maintain and manage your corporate BCM program. It highlights critical success factors including sustaining management buy-in, cultivating a 'business resiliency' culture, promoting structured training and awareness programs. The book also shares with its readers an appreciation of the entire BCM program as well as an analysis of how to strengthen BC knowledge.

Download or read book Business Continuity Management written by Michael Blyth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRAISE FOR Business Continuity Management Few businesses can afford to shut down for an extended period of time, regardless of the cause. If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that disaster can strike in any shape, at any time. Be prepared with the time-tested strategies in Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Incident Management Plan and protect your employees while ensuring your company survives the unimaginable. Written by Michael Blyth one of the world's foremost consultants in the field of business contingency management this book provides cost-conscious executives with a structured, sustainable, and time-tested blueprint toward developing an individualized strategic business continuity program. This timely book urges security managers, HR directors, program managers, and CEOs to manage nonfinancial crises to protect your company and its employees. Discussions include: Incident management versus crisis response Crisis management structures Crisis flows and organizational responses Leveraging internal and external resources Effective crisis communications Clear decision-making authorities Trigger plans and alert states Training and resources Designing and structuring policies and plans Monitoring crisis management programs Stages of disasters Emergency preparedness Emergency situation management Crisis Leadership Over 40 different crisis scenarios Developing and utilizing a business continuity plan protects your company, its personnel, facilities, materials, and activities from the broad spectrum of risks that face businesses and government agencies on a daily basis, whether at home or internationally. Business Continuity Management presents concepts that can be applied in part, or full, to your business, regardless of its size or number of employees. The comprehensive spectrum of useful concepts, approaches and systems, as well as specific management guidelines and report templates for over forty risk types, will enable you to develop and sustain a continuity management plan essential to compete, win, and safely operate within the complex and fluid global marketplace.

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 Managing Your Business Continuity Planning Project written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for those who are new to Business Continuity planning and also as a reference for practitioner, who are assigned to initiate the BC Planning (BCP) project in their organization. It aims to help you kick off the BCP project in your organization, starting with the need to educate your Executive Management about the purpose, process and importance of BC Management (BCM). It also covers other essential steps including research, developing a BC framework, developing an action plan, establishing a project team, budgeting and scheduling deadlines to ensure that the BC project meets expectations.

Download or read book A Manager s Guide to ISO 22301 Standard for Business Continuity Management System LITE written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2013 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for those who are new to Business Continuity Management (BCM) and also as a reference for practitioners, who are assigned to initiate the BC planning (BCP) project in their organization using the ISO 22301 Standard for Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). It applies the author's experiences in getting several clients' organizations to successfully achieve the ISO22301 BCMS certification. This books is also for seasoned BCM professional to guide you through the BCM implementation process.

Download or read book A Manager s Guide to Auditing and Reviewing Your Business Continuity Management Program written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to prepare novice and experience auditors on the process to audit a BC plan, BCM Program and BCM system. The content is written to focus on the planning and formulation of the audit plan. It is followed by the review, documentation, prioritization of audit reporting, preparation and corrective actions be taken, before and after an audit reporting. The reader is guided to conduct a typical BCM Audit. It includes the formulation of an audit plan, management of the entire audit activity and review process, be certain that the audit is carried out in a timely and economic fashion and oversee the quality of the audit as it progresses. The author has provided a complete set of templates and also a comprehensive list of BCM audit questionnaires to assist in the development of the standardized audit program. The content does not only apply the author's experience as a seasoned BCM practitioner, it also included his previous roles as both an internal and an external auditor specializing in BCM Audit.

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 A Manager s Guide to ISO22301 Standard for Business Continuity Management System written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for those who are new to Business Continuity Management (BCM) and also as a reference for practitioners, who are assigned to initiate the BC Planning (BCP) project in their organization using the ISO22301 Standard for Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). It applies the author's experiences in getting several clients' organizations to successfully achieve their ISO22301 BCMS certification. This book is also for seasoned BCM professional to guide you through the BCM implementation process.

Download or read book Testing Exercising Your Business Continuity Plan written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help you to design, develop and conduct tests to ensure that this plan meets all critical business continuity objectives. You will learn how to design, develop, implement and evaluate for main types of tests - Telephone Notification, Walk through, Integrated and Simulation tests. These tests, especially the advanced testing methods of integrated and simulation tests, would empower the organization with capability to recover quickly from any interruption or disaster. Comprehensive instructions, guidance and examples are included.

Download or read book Developing Your Pandemic Influenza Business Continuity Plan written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flu pandemic continues to threaten organizations with unimaginable disastrous impact. This book provides the principles of the BCM planning methodology and shows how they can be applied to prepare an effective and detailed pandemic flu business continuity plan. It is a comprehensive guide book that includes a practical 'fast track' how-to-do-it template so that even those without previous experience in business continuity planning, can develop their own pandemic flu business continuity plans.

Download or read book A Manager s Guide to British Standard BS 25999 for Business Continuity Management written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for those who are new to Business Continuity (BCM) management and also as a reference for practitioners, who are assigned to initiate the BC planning (BCP) project in their organization using the British Standard BS25999 for Business Continuity Management. It applies the author's experiences in getting several clients' organizations to successfully achieve BS 25999 certification. This book is also a useful guide for seasoned BCM professionals through the BCM implementation process.

Download or read book Conducting Your Impact Analysis for Business Continuity Planning written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book prepares the reader to apply the principles and methodologies for conducting a business impact analysis (BIA) as part of the BCM planning process. It will help you to identify: - the critical business functions - the impact of a disruption to these functions - the minimum resources needed to recover these functions - the inter-and intra-dependencies and - the vital records Instructions and guidelines are given on how to design, prepare, and conduct a BIA for your organization. Included is a practical easy-to-use BIA Questionnaire template which could be easily tailored to assist persons without previous BCM experience to develop and design one. The use of BIA Questionnaire will also be covered in detail. You will also learn how to review, verify, analyze and consolidate the information as well as to present and seek approval from your Executive Management.

Download or read book Analyzing Reviewing the Risks for Business Continuity Planning written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book prepares the reader to apply the framework, principles and methodologies for reviewing and analyzing risks during a BC project or an on-going BCM program. It applies the writer's experience to enable you to understand the interrelationship between threats, vulnerabilities and risks to assets. The reader is guided to implement the Risk Analysis and Review phase within the BCM planning methodology using this simple approach: - Assess risks - Assess control opinions -Assess cost and effectiveness of controls - Establish key disaster scenario - Report to Executive Management - Implement, maintain and monitor effectiveness of controls This books also includes practical easy-to-use and step-by-step approach to analyzing and reviewing the risks for a BC project or on-going BCM program.

Download or read book A Manager s Guide to Implement Your IT Disaster Recovery Plan written by Dr Goh Moh Heng and published by GMH Continuity Architects. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book prepares the reader to apply the framework, principles and methodologies for implementing an IT disaster recovery plan. It uses the writer's experience to enable you to deploy an internationally recognized DR planning methodology with a strong foundation in conceptualizing, developing and maintaining an effective and efficient DR plan.

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 Building Resilient Organizations Predicaments Prospects written by Falguni H Pandya and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is aimed at contemplating and reflecting on future course of action for businesses in order to become more resilient. It discusses various predicaments and prospects around building enduring organizations. By demonstrating how to build strong and resilient systems that can survive catastrophes witnessed in the past few years, it offers practical solutions by discussing the current researches, the-oretical insights, experiences and lessons which can inspire and empower business leaders, academics, students, policy makers and other stakeholders in economics.

Download or read book The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management written by Andrew Hiles and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a pedigree going back over ten years, The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management can rightly claim to be a classic guide to business risk management and contingency planning, with a style that makes it accessible to all business managers. Some of the original underlying principles remain the same – but much has changed. This is reflected in this radically updated third edition, with exciting and helpful new content from new and innovative contributors and new case studies bringing the book right up to the minute. This book combines over 500 years of experience from leading Business Continuity experts of many countries. It is presented in an easy-to-follow format, explaining in detail the core BC activities incorporated in BS 25999, Business Continuity Guidelines, BS 25777 IT Disaster Recovery and other standards and in the body of knowledge common to the key business continuity institutes. Contributors from America, Asia Pacific, Europe, China, India and the Middle East provide a truly global perspective, bringing their own insights and approaches to the subject, sharing best practice from the four corners of the world. We explore and summarize the latest legislation, guidelines and standards impacting BC planning and management and explain their impact. The structured format, with many revealing case studies, examples and checklists, provides a clear roadmap, simplifying and de-mystifying business continuity processes for those new to its disciplines and providing a benchmark of current best practice for those more experienced practitioners. This book makes a massive contribution to the knowledge base of BC and risk management. It is essential reading for all business continuity, risk managers and auditors: none should be without it.