COOP & COG Audio CD class.

CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS (COOP) AND CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT (COG):
5 SESSION AUDIO CD CLASS
by Redmond Worldwide

- Understand COOP and be able to implement it
- Learn to Assess your current plan
- Gain a fundamental understanding of COOP
- Know the terms, objectives, and benefits to public sector departments and agencies
- Learn the elements of a viable COOP capability
- Learn how COOP event might affect employees and the department/agency
- Learn steps in the Development of your agency continuity plan
- Learn how to manage, implement, test and refresh your plan
- Learn how to implement a Telework plan
- Learn updated strategies for crisis communication, coordination, data
communications, incident comment
- Learn to create action checklists for your agency plans

EARN 6 DRII Continuing Education Credits (Disaster Recovery Institute International)

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COOP

On May 9, 2007, the White House released Homeland Security Presidential 20, HSPD-20,
which mandated that government agencies appoint a senior-level official at the assistant
secretary level as their continuity of operations (COOP) coordinators who would prepare
plans, budgets and exercises to test agencies' COOP plans each year. The mandate, which
requires implementation in the next 90 days, is designed to ensure that government agencies
are capable of initiating COOP plans with little or no notice to remain open and ready to deal
with terrorist, manmade or natural threats and disasters.

Federal Executive Branch said, “Government-wide, COOP planning is critical because much
of the recovery from an incident, which might include the maintenance of civil authority, and
infrastructure repair, among other recovery activities, presumes the existence of an ongoing,
functional government to fund, support, and oversee actions taken. In the executive branch,
COOP planning can be viewed as a continuation of basic emergency preparedness planning,
and a bridge between that planning and efforts to maintain continuity of government in the
event of a significant disruption to government activity or institutions. Because the number
and types of potential interruptions are unknown, effective COOP planning must provide, in
advance of an incident, a variety of means to assure contingent operations.”

COOP planning as an effort to assure that the capability exists to continue essential agency
functions across a wide range of potential emergencies.

COG

“In the fall of 2002, the Continuity of Government Commission was launched to study and
make recommendations for the continuity of our government institutions after a catastrophic
attack. September 11th raised the possibility that foreign enemies might seriously disrupt the
filling of vacancies in Congress, presidential succession, and achieving a quorum for the
Court so much so that our basic institutions might not function in a normal constitutional
manner.” Succession plans and delegations of authority are a key element of COG programs.
Continuity of Government (COG) is the principle of establishing defined procedures that allow
a government to continue its essential operations in case of a nuclear war or other
catastrophic event. Developed during the Cold War, COG plans were implemented by many
countries to avoid leaving a vacuum at any governmental level, which could lead to anarchy or
to an unlawful assumption of authority.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ms. MICHAEL C. REDMOND specializes in Business Continuity Management, Emergency
Management, Crisis Management, Information Security, Business Processes
Reorganization, Management Processing, and Regulatory Compliance. Regulatory
Compliance includes: FFIEC, Sarbanes Oxley, Patriot, HIPPA, UCC, Basal Accord, and
NFPA 1600, NYSE's version, known as Rule 446, and the NASD's Rules 3510 and 3520 and
others. She is the CEO of Redmond Worldwide, Inc. “Enterprise Solutions That Work”(sm).

Ms. Redmond has extensive knowledge in Enterprise Risk Management. She has experience
in developing and implementing systematic availability programs, post-event operations, and
streamlining operations through availability and contingency planning. Ms. Redmond has
done many performed as an Internal Auditor in a consulting capacity for many firms
Enterprise Risk Programs. She has done Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Projects for
many Universities, Corporations, Government Agencies and the US Military. Ms. Redmond
has experience with various applications including, Banking Systems, Financial Applications,
Accounting Systems, Payments, Payroll, and Pensions as well as Network Recovery,
Telecom Recovery and other areas of technology. Ms. Redmond has prepared Business
Continuity Plans for such Data Centers with such technologies as mainframes, local area
networks, systems and application software, and telecommunications systems. She has
been involved with retrofitting and reconfiguring Data Centers to serve as Hot Sites. She has
conducted both Physical Security and Building reviews for facilities. She has consulted for
entities in the area of availability planning, specifically relating to End-to-End, Content and
Architecture. Ms. Redmond has consulted for a variety of industries including: Financial
Institutions, Trading Operations, Manufacturing, Utilities, Educational Facilities, Government
Agencies and the Military.

Responsible for the development, implementation, review and management of business
continuity and disaster recovery plans for clients. Her ability to conduct any and all types of
business continuity lifecycle planning and analysis projects (e.g. Risk Assessments,
Business Impact Assessments). Ms. Redmond is experiences in analyzing, planning and
consulting in risk management practices in technical environments. She is known for her
excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written
communication skills; interpersonal skills and negotiation skills. She regularly speaks and
teaches in areas of continuity/ information availability / disaster recovery best practices,
policies and procedures, such as NFPA, ISO, NIST, FFIEC and etc. She is adept at
delivering presentations on Continuity/Disaster Recovery topics to stakeholder groups. She is
a team player with a track record for meeting strict deadlines. Her knowledge of and
experience in disaster recovery, in particular the technical restore procedures for systems in
multiple industry sectors as well as her knowledge of network design concepts has helped
greatly in assisting consulting clients. This coupled with her knowledge and experience with
systems analysis and development has made her an asset for many clients.

Ms. Redmond is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology specializing in Crisis and
Organizational Psychology. Michael holds a Masters of Business Administration from
Fordham University. She is also a graduate of Command & General Staff College in Fort
Leavenworth, where she studied strategic planning; control and command; and control in an
emergency. She has completed the Civil Affairs courses in the School for Special Warfare,
which encompasses planning in various political environments. She holds an Advanced
Masters Certificate in International Banking and Trading Operations from American Institute of
Banking, and a Bachelor of Arts from Marymount Manhattan. Michael serves on the
Executive Board of Contingency Planning Exchange Group. Until her tenure, Michael was on
the Board of Directors for the NY Chapter of the Communications & Electronics Association.

She is an Adjunct Professor at New York University, where she teaches both Emergency
Management and Business Continuity Management. She is a Certified Business Recovery
Planner; Certified Emergency Manager; and holds two International Master Level
Certifications in Business Continuity.

Ms. Redmond serves on the Executive Board of Contingency Planning Exchange Group. She
has also served as a Major responsible for mobilization plans for all the radio & television
stations of the US Army all over the world. Ms. Redmond is an Instructor for Emergency
Management and Business Continuity for NYU’s Continuing Professional Education Division.

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2008, 5 audio CDs.
Order #DR834.
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