How Your Business Can Avoid Being Collateral Damage In A Cyber War


All around the world, governments declare they are gearing up for cyber war. The term “Cyber war” seems to be on everyone’s lips again.

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Best Practices & Learning in Implementing Disaster Recovery Solutions


Growing reliance on Information Technology, along with compliance and regulatory requirements has led many organizations to focus on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.  Availability has become a major concern for business survival. This document by Shankar Subramaniyan CISSP, ABCP lays down some of the best practices and learning for implementing disaster recovery solutions.

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Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina: How to Maintain Operations During a Regional Disaster


Hurricane Katrina’s economic impact leaves many questions unanswered. Why were businesses not more prepared to recover quickly and continue operating in the face of this disaster? Why did they not have plans in place to account for and protect employees and their families, keeping them safe and productive?

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Don’t get burned — Put some SPF 50 on your business continuity/disaster recovery plan


Your bags are packed, you checked them twice, yet at some point the thought will still cross your mind – “Am I forgetting something?” Read the rest of this entry »

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Marsh Urges Review of Business Continuity Plans after Russian Fires


Record high temperatures and a drought have sparked a series of wildfires across Russia since late July, resulting in severe smog in Moscow, concerns about radioactivity, and numerous deaths.

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Risk Management a Low Priority for Small Business Owners, Travelers Survey Finds


Risk management ranks relatively low among the many priorities facing small business owners, is the finding of a new survey conducted by Travelers.

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Continuity In The Cloud Depends On Accessibility


Businesses planning to use the cloud as a continuity solution need to address several critical issues, including the accessibility of data and applications.

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Rethinking business continuance: Driving data availability up and costs down


Virtually every business organization understands that successful operations depend on the continuous availability of its applications. Most companies rely on internal applications to keep the wheels of their enterprise turning

They also depend on external-facing applications. The failure of any of these business-critical applications could be catastrophic to a company.

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Business Continuity Training DVDs


The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has produced two Business Continuity training DVDs:

Practice Makes Perfect: exercising made easy – a comprehensive guide to exercising Business Continuity plans

and

Understanding Your Business: How to do a Business Impact Analysis.

Both videos and accompanying CDs have been structured around the BCI Good Practice Guidelines and the BS25999 standard.

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Understanding Your Business: How to do a Business Impact Analysis – Training DVD

This 20 minute original film, complemented by a data CD, takes the viewer through the essential elements of a BIA: what it is; how to get management “buy in” and how to conduct a BIA.

The training film – based in a hotel – takes the viewer on an information gathering journey through the eyes of Ed, the lead character. We see Ed conducting his BIA in this familiar setting, providing the viewer with a clear and usable analogy.

The CD that accompanies the film contains a comprehensive questionnaire with a set of templates and guidance notes together with expert industry advice.

CD Contents:

  • A word booklet containing a step by step guide to undertaking a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) including:
    • Understanding your business as part of the BCM lifecycle
    • What is a BIA?
    • The purpose of a BIA
    • The motivation for BCM and the sponsor
    • Establishing the scope
    • Methods and Techniques for Collecting Data
    • Determining how results will be used
    • Gathering and verifying your results
    • Identifying Respondents
  • BIA questionnaire template with notes
  • Sign and Review template
  • FAQs
  • Risk Assessments and the BIA with template

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Practice Makes Perfect: exercising made easy – a comprehensive guide to exercising Business Continuity plans – Training DVD

Using a theatrical analogy, this clear, concise, and visually interesting 20 minute film demonstrates how performance (BC plan) is rehearsed – from simple desk top exercising through to more complex scenarios. The film is engaging and achieves a robust mix of practical training and engaging drama viewed through the eyes of a BCM Practitioner.

The accompanying CD contains a 2,700 word booklet detailing a step-by-step guide to exercising with templates; a guide to creating exercise scenarios; role-play scripts and debrief notes.

CD Contents:

  • Annex A Main Event List
  • BCI Booklet
  • Creating Your Own Scenario
  • Debrief Template
  • Exercise Invitation Template
  • Exercise Manager’s Notes
  • Fire Scenario
  • Glossary
  • Injects Template for Role‐Players
  • Scripts Flood
  • BSI Folder
  • BS 25999 Product Sheet
  • BS 25999 A4 Advertisement for BSIDVD
  • BS 25999 Global Product Guide
  • BS 25999 Part 2 and Certification for BCI Continuity Magazine
  • BSI Management Systems profile for BCIDVD
  • About BCI
  • About Ear Productions BC

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Australia: Human Pandemic Influenza – Business Continuity Guidelines


The Local Government Association of South Australia has published business continuity guidelines which, although slightly dated (July, 2007), provide a useful model.

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Meet RTOs & RPOs: Establish Reasonable Expectations & Plan For The Future


The smartest way to think about disaster is in terms of when, not if. The object of the game is to mitigate risk as much as is feasible, hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.

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