Mayer Nudell, CSC published a review in Security Management Magazine of “Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business.”

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Mayer Nudell, CSC published a  review in Security Management Magazine of “Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business.”

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If you need a basic Business Continuity Plan ASAP… and your company is a small office/service/retailer or manufacturer/distributor with up to 250 employees, this “fill-in-the-blanks” template including three sample plans is perfect for you! Best of all, you don’t need prior business continuity experience.

Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business: Step-by-Step Template and Sample Plans

By Douglas M. Henderson

Reach for this “Quick and Easy” remedy if you’re suddenly tasked with developing a plan for disaster preparedness–and feel an impending anxiety attack because you don’t know quite where to start.

NOTE: This basic template is targeted to small businesses with little or no prior business continuity expertise who may not have the time nor expertise to build a full-scale business continuity program.

You don’t need any special training or expensive consultants. You don’t need to spend weeks and weeks or empty your bank account to build a basic business continuity program.

Just go page by page to edit the Microsoft Word template; updating instructions are included as needed in the template and you can refer to the exact same page in the three completed sample plans for guidance. Doug Henderson distills his extensive experience as a business continuity consultant to give you succinct, field tested tips for what to include and why. He includes an abundance of handy forms, checklists, charts and tables for easy completion and distribution. Just completing the forms for “Who’s in Charge” and Immediate Actions will give you a satisfying sense of accomplishment and momentum.

In only a few hours you’ll create a basic, yet fully customized plan unique to your business, which is also compliant with major standards. You’ll have a plan in place to address all the fundamentals of disaster preparedness – and you can build on it later as you have the time and need.

This basic business continuity toolkit includes…

• One Microsoft Word template with color coded sections so you can customize your plan based on company size (under 100/up to 250 employees) and type (service/retail or manufacturer).
• Three sample plans for three fictitious companies – a very small service or retail business (under 100 employees); a small service or retail business (up to 250 employees); and a small manufacturing business (up to 250 employees). Sometimes companies are a mixture of service/retail/manufacturing, so you may find parts of each sample plan applicable to your situation.
• ReadMe.doc file with updating instructions to keep your plan current.
• Bonus file with assorted how-to articles, including:
  • Coping With Physical Disaster
  • Family Disaster Planning
  • Business Survival in the 21st Century
  • Facility Evacuation

…and offers you many advantages:

• Was developed by a 20-year veteran in business continuity consulting — a small business owner himself — who knows the specific needs of small businesses
• Has been extensively field tested in a variety of business environments
• Is written in Microsoft Word, designed with extensive “Fill-in-the-Blank” and “Edit-Out” text
• Requires no special training in the discipline of Business Continuity Management (BCM)
• Results in your own customized plan that addresses all the fundamentals, all within a few hours
• Is compliant with professional standards from the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management, as well as industry best practices
• Can be used for student practice in corporate training classes in business continuity/disaster recovery– site licensing available.
• Provides an optional upgrade path to several more sophisticated templates and tools for whenever you’re ready to build a more comprehensive business program for your growing business.

Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.
ISBN 9781931332538
2010
Only $69.99!

TO PURCHASE: Simply click through the heading of this email and use the “Add to Cart” buttons to access our secure checkout – or, contact Rothstein Associates at info@rothstein.com, 203.740.7444 or 888.ROTHSTEin (888.768.4783).

NOTE: This basic template is targeted to small businesses with little or no prior business continuity expertise who may not have the time nor expertise to build a full-scale business continuity program.

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Could your business go through a flood or a fire and still be in business? Although big businesses tend to take disaster recovery and business continuity more seriously, it’s probably the small to midsize business operating out of a single facility that could be wiped out more easily

Continue reading Preparing For The Worst, On A Budget: Small to midsize businesses need affordable disaster recovery

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With the scope of campus safety and security becoming more complex across the nation, Penn State undertook an analysis of 21 of its 24 campuses to assess each location’s emergency preparedness and response capabilities.

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If you need a basic Business Continuity Plan ASAP… and your company is a small office/service/retailer or manufacturer/distributor with up to 250 employees, this “fill-in-the-blanks” template including three sample plans is perfect for you! Best of all, you don’t need prior business continuity experience.

Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business: Step-by-Step Template and Sample Plans

By Douglas M. Henderson

Reach for this “Quick and Easy” remedy if you’re suddenly tasked with developing a plan for disaster preparedness–and feel an impending anxiety attack because you don’t know quite where to start.

NOTE: This basic template is targeted to small businesses with little or no prior business continuity expertise who may not have the time nor expertise to build a full-scale business continuity program.

You don’t need any special training or expensive consultants. You don’t need to spend weeks and weeks or empty your bank account to build a basic business continuity program.

Just go page by page to edit the Microsoft Word template; updating instructions are included as needed in the template and you can refer to the exact same page in the three completed sample plans for guidance. Doug Henderson distills his extensive experience as a business continuity consultant to give you succinct, field tested tips for what to include and why. He includes an abundance of handy forms, checklists, charts and tables for easy completion and distribution. Just completing the forms for “Who’s in Charge” and Immediate Actions will give you a satisfying sense of accomplishment and momentum.

In only a few hours you’ll create a basic, yet fully customized plan unique to your business, which is also compliant with major standards. You’ll have a plan in place to address all the fundamentals of disaster preparedness – and you can build on it later as you have the time and need.

This basic business continuity toolkit includes…

• One Microsoft Word template with color coded sections so you can customize your plan based on company size (under 100/up to 250 employees) and type (service/retail or manufacturer).
• Three sample plans for three fictitious companies – a very small service or retail business (under 100 employees); a small service or retail business (up to 250 employees); and a small manufacturing business (up to 250 employees). Sometimes companies are a mixture of service/retail/manufacturing, so you may find parts of each sample plan applicable to your situation.
• ReadMe.doc file with updating instructions to keep your plan current.
• Bonus file with assorted how-to articles, including:
  • Coping With Physical Disaster
  • Family Disaster Planning
  • Business Survival in the 21st Century
  • Facility Evacuation

…and offers you many advantages:

• Was developed by a 20-year veteran in business continuity consulting — a small business owner himself — who knows the specific needs of small businesses
• Has been extensively field tested in a variety of business environments
• Is written in Microsoft Word, designed with extensive “Fill-in-the-Blank” and “Edit-Out” text
• Requires no special training in the discipline of Business Continuity Management (BCM)
• Results in your own customized plan that addresses all the fundamentals, all within a few hours
• Is compliant with professional standards from the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management, as well as industry best practices
• Can be used for student practice in corporate training classes in business continuity/disaster recovery– site licensing available.
• Provides an optional upgrade path to several more sophisticated templates and tools for whenever you’re ready to build a more comprehensive business program for your growing business.

Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.
ISBN 9781931332538
2010
Only $69.99!

TO PURCHASE: Simply click through the heading of this email and use the “Add to Cart” buttons to access our secure checkout – or, contact Rothstein Associates at info@rothstein.com, 203.740.7444 or 888.ROTHSTEin (888.768.4783).

NOTE: This basic template is targeted to small businesses with little or no prior business continuity expertise who may not have the time nor expertise to build a full-scale business continuity program.

Tags: Business Continuity, small business, smb, SME, template

If you need a basic Business Continuity Plan ASAP… and your company is a small office/service/retailer or manufacturer/distributor with up to 250 employees, this “fill-in-the-blanks” template with sample plans is perfect for you! Best of all, you don’t need prior business continuity experience.

Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business: Step-by-Step Template and Sample Plans

By Douglas M. Henderson

Reach for this “Quick and Easy” remedy if you’re suddenly tasked with developing a plan for disaster preparedness–and feel an impending anxiety attack because you don’t know quite where to start. This basic template is targeted to small businesses with little or no prior business continuity expertise.

You don’t need any special training or expensive consultants. You don’t need to spend weeks and weeks or empty your bank account to build a basic business continuity program.

Just go page by page to edit the Microsoft Word template; updating instructions are included as needed in the template and you can refer to the exact same page in the three completed sample plans for guidance. Doug Henderson distills his extensive experience as a business continuity consultant to give you succinct, field tested tips for what to include and why. He includes an abundance of handy forms, checklists, charts and tables for easy completion and distribution. Just completing the forms for “Who’s in Charge” and Immediate Actions will give you a satisfying sense of accomplishment and momentum.

In only a few hours you’ll create a basic, yet fully customized plan unique to your business, which is also compliant with major standards. You’ll have a plan in place to address all the fundamentals of disaster preparedness – and you can build on it later as you have the time and need.

This basic business continuity toolkit includes…

• One Microsoft Word template with color coded sections so you can customize your plan based on company size (under 100/up to 250 employees) and type (service/retail or manufacturer).
• Three sample plans for three fictitious companies – a very small service or retail business (under 100 employees); a small service or retail business (up to 250 employees); and a small manufacturing business (up to 250 employees). Sometimes companies are a mixture of service/retail/manufacturing, so you may find parts of each sample plan applicable to your situation.
• ReadMe.doc file with updating instructions to keep your plan current.
• Bonus file with assorted how-to articles, including:
  • Coping With Physical Disaster
  • Family Disaster Planning
  • Business Survival in the 21st Century
  • Facility Evacuation

…and offers you many advantages:

• Was developed by a 20-year veteran in business continuity consulting — a small business owner himself — who knows the specific needs of small businesses
• Has been extensively field tested in a variety of business environments
• Is written in Microsoft Word, designed with extensive “Fill-in-the-Blank” and “Edit-Out” text
• Requires no special training in the discipline of Business Continuity Management (BCM)
• Results in your own customized plan that addresses all the fundamentals, all within a few hours
• Is compliant with professional standards from the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management, as well as industry best practices
• Can be used for student practice in corporate training classes in business continuity/disaster recovery– site licensing available.
• Provides an optional upgrade path to several more sophisticated templates and tools for whenever you’re ready to build a more comprehensive business  program for your growing business.

Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.
ISBN 9781931332538
2010
Only $69.99!

TO PURCHASE: Simply click through the heading of this email and use the “Add to Cart” buttons to access our secure checkout – or, contact Rothstein Associates at info@rothstein.com, 203.740.7444 or 888.ROTHSTEin (888.768.4783).

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If you need a basic Business Continuity Plan ASAP… and your company is a small office/service/retailer or manufacturer/distributor with up to 250 employees, this “fill-in-the-blanks” template is perfect for you!

Continue reading Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business: Step-by-Step Template with Sample Plans

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Nathaniel Forbes and fellow IAEM Asia member Chew Lip Heng started writing a sample corporate incident action plan (IAP) for influenza in 2005 during the H5N1 panic.

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There is an old saying among some DRP/BCP consultants: “Having a DRP that is out of date is worse than having no plan at all.  That is because people think you have a plan but you really don’t.”

Over the years of auditing hundreds of plans, what frequently happens is as follows:
Question: Can I speak with this person.  Answer: This person is no longer here.
Question: Do you have good procedures for the iSeries?  Answer: We don’t have that platform anymore.
Question: Does your off-site storage vendor pick up every day?  Answer: Oh, we changed vendors. They come once a week now to save money.

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The data center obviously plays a critical role in disaster recovery and business continuity programs.  Without a functional data center most companies simply fail.  Testing at a hot site, developing restoration procedures, creating failover/failback scripts, etc. are the center of recovery processing.  But, let’s not forget, and get too far away from, some of the basic management controls where current data centers are involved.

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