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 »

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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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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Why Some Root-Cause Investigations Don’t Prevent Recurrence


In the nuclear power industry, the primary mission of a root-cause investigation is to understand how and why a failure or a condition adverse to quality has occurred so that it can be prevented from recurring. This is a good practice for many reasons—and a lawful requirement mandated by 10CFR50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI.

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A business continuity management standard would offer consistency


It seems that BCM standards, by themselves, are not necessary and may not even be useful. But demonstrated compliance with a standard is extremely useful, and a globally recognized standard used for consistent measurement is necessary to that end.

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Sub-prime BCM certifications in Asia?


What does it really mean for an individual to be “certified” in business continuity?

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American Eagle Outfitters’ 8-day E-Commerce collapse


For retail IT directors, the end of American Eagle Outfitters’ 8-day E-Commerce collapse just marks the start of a new fear: that they’ll have to begin dispatching staffers to do sneak inspections of outsourcers. Will they need to burn precious staff time in unannounced audits, looking over the shoulders of service providers to make sure those techs are doing their jobs?

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Applying disaster recovery concepts to your supply chain management process


Supply chain continuity and disaster recovery take the concepts of traditional business continuity /disaster recovery and apply them to managing supply risk. The goal is to guard against a major supply disruption that could potentially delay orders and result in loss of customers.

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