 
Business Resumption Planning / Edition 2
by Leo A. Wrobel
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/b>
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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.
Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780849314599
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Publication date:
- 11/11/2008
- Edition description:
- REV
- Pages:
- 512
- Product dimensions:
- 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1  
So, You Want to Write a Disaster Recovery Plan 
What IS a Disaster? 
Finding the Resources to Complete the Plan 
How Does One Begin 
Worksheets 
CHAPTER 2  
What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)? 
Data Collection and Verification 
Report 
Additional Observations on using the BIA to Pitch Management 
Why Will Management Believe a Consultant but Not YOU? 
“Cooking Up” a Compelling Management Presentation 
Using Meaningful Data to Get Your Plan Funded 
Worksheets 
CHAPTER 3  
Getting the Plan Funded (Executive Commitment) 
Other Ways to Present Your Data 
What is a Failure Mode Effects Analysis? 
Worksheets 
CHAPTER 4  
Options for Completing the Plan 
Worksheets 
  
CHAPTER 5  
Standards for Buildings, Networks and Other Infrastructure 
Physical Standards—Large Installations 
General Housekeeping 
Building Entrance Facilities 
Emergency Lighting 
Worksheets 
CHAPTER 6  
Why Document it at All? 
Putting the Disaster Recovery Plan to Paper 
What Should the Plan Cover? 
Recovery Scenarios—the Three “R’s” 
Worksheets 
CHAPTER SEVEN  
Telecommunications-Specific Recovery Procedures 
Other Telecommunications Recovery Concerns 
Physical Vulnerability to Telco Disasters—Where Does One 
 Start? 
Call Out of the Telecom Recovery Team 
Software Disasters 
Major Cable or Fiber Cut 
Risks with T1 Service Utilizing Proprietary Multiplexers or Routers 
Emergency Call Lists 
Forms Associated with the Plan 
Tips 
Summary 
Recovering Emerging Technologies (Frame Relay, VoIP, ATM 
 and More) 
CHAPTER 8  
Forming Teams, Training, Recruitment, and Testing 
Catastrophic Equipment Failure and Building Disasters 
Technical Services Recovery Plan 
Evaluating the Results of a Disaster Recovery Test 
Training Considerations 
CHAPTER 9  
Introduction 
How to Use this Chapter 
Companies That Are Required to Have Disaster Recovery Plans 
Companies That Are Required to Have Some Elements of a Disaster Recovery Plan Preparedness Planning Is Encouraged 
 by Law 
Preparedness Planning for the Legal Department 
Handling of Sensitive Information (Example HIPAA Compliance) 
Appendix A 
Appendix B: IRS Procedure 98-25 
Appendix C: Financial Institution Rules from GLB 
Appendix D: Pandemic 
CHAPTER 10  
Introduction 
A New Direction 
Reporting 
Impact of SOX on the Board of Directors 
Whistle Blowers 
Review of Other Highlights of the Act 
Regulatory Issues and How They Effect Business Continuity (BC) Programs 
CHAPTER 11 
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan 
General Recovery Strategy 
Recovery Teams 
Notification Procedures 
Media Affairs 
What Does the EMT Do? 
Recovering Open Systems (LANS) 
Telecommunications Recovery 
Recovery Teams 
Related Support Teams 
Other Useful Forms and Checklists
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