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Corporate Governanace
DISASTER RECOVERY AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING
Single, isolated business or service disruptions as well as large-scale, community-wide disasters have shown that a well designed and tested enterprise-wide recovery and continuity plan is essential for business survival. Ensuring that an organisation's assets, operations, commitments and relationships are protected is a critical element of staying in business. The frequency and severity with which disasters are occurring prove that planning for the emergency response phase of disaster recovery alone is simply not enough. As organisations look to extend their recovery planning efforts, the spectrum of enterprise-wide planning can seem overwhelming. There are, however, certain planning elements that are common to all organisations, no matter the size. A successful planning methodology will assist not only in recovery, but also ensure continuity of your core strategic and revenue-generating business/service units, operations and processes.
The programme will be of benefit to anyone involved in planning for the continuity of business operations in the event of a disaster.
PROGRAMME
OBJECTIVES AND ASSUMPTIONS
- Business continuity objectives and requirements
- Definitions, terms and assumptions
- Scope and cost of business continuity project
- Business continuity steering committee
- Business continuity policies
FACT GATHERING
- Risk analysis
- Business impact analysis and time-sensitive business functions
- Alternative business continuity strategies
- Cost-benefit analysis and selected strategies
- Business continuity programme budget
- Software tools
PLAN CREATION
- Scope and objectives
- Recovery team concept
- Major plan components
- Vital records and off-site storage
- People
- Emergency response procedures
- Command, control and emergency operations centre
- Delegation/designation of authority
- Detailed resumption, recovery and restoration procedures
- Vendor contracts and purchase of recovery resources
TESTING AND PLAN REVIEW
- Exercise programme and objectives
- Escalation, notification and plan activation
- Corporate awareness programme
- Software tools for update and maintenance
- Review criteria
- Programme status, reporting and audits
- Plan distribution and security
SPEAKER
John Mitchell PhD, MBA, FBCS, FIIA, CISA, CFE, QiCA
Managing Director, LHS Business Control
1 day course 09.30-17.00
'Very well presented course, with an informed and helpful course leader'
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