A sampling of new books now available from The Rothstein Catalog On Disaster Recovery
The Rothstein Catalog On Disaster Recovery now offers many new books and DVDs. Here’s a sampling of recent additions.
Building an Enterprise-wide Business Continuity Program, by Kelley Okolita.
This new Book offers step-by-step instruction on developing and implementing an enterprise-wide Business Continuity Program.
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 make sure 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, including how to validate the plan as well as 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.
2009, 344 pages, $80.00. Order #BL844.
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Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Incident Management Plan, by Michael Blyth.
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 this book: Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Incident Management Plan and protect your employees while ensuring your company survives the unimaginable!
Written by Michael Blyth, a consultant 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.
2009, 362 pages, $75.00. Order #BL838.
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High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, by Geoff Craighead
HIGH-RISE SECURITY AND FIRE LIFE SAFETY, THIRD EDITION, is a comprehensive reference for managing security and fire life safety operations within high-rise buildings. It spells out the unique characteristics of skyscrapers from a security and fire life safety perspective, details the type of security and life safety systems commonly found in them, outlines how to conduct risk assessments, and explains security policies and procedures designed to protect life and property. Craighead also provides guidelines for managing security and life safety functions, including the development of response plans for building emergencies. This latest edition clearly separates out the different types of skyscrapers, from office buildings to hotels to condominiums to mixed-use buildings, and explains how different patterns of use and types of tenancy impact building security and life safety.
2009, 626 pages. $125.00. Order #BL837.
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