Business continuity planning

Disaster recovery and business continuity planning are often used together and sometime employers think they are the same, but disaster recovery planning is different from business continuity planning. Disaster recovery deals with being consistent with pre-planning actions that will help the business be prepared after a disaster strike whether it’s natural or human- error, and business continuity deals with preventing the Disaster from happening(if it’s possible). Business continuity planning centers on the business as a whole, and Disaster Recovery Planning normally starts with the company it dept. even though they’re different, they go hand in hand, because disaster recovery builds on business continuity. When making these plans for your…

properly implemented and effectively working for FFC. The assessed level of risk is low. FFC has a strong IT strategic plan that is in line with the corporate strategic plan which has a diverse set of strong members on the committees and allows for fundamentally sound decisions that are best for the organization by taking all aspects of the business into consideration. The organizational structure is conducive to a strong and clear reporting channels which include the CIO reporting to the CFO…

1. IT Service Continuity Management: ISCM ensures that the IT infrastructure and IT services can be restored within the specified time limits after a disaster has taken place. It also supports overall business continuity management (BCM), this process addresses business objectives. It analyses and manages risks to:  Reduces risk to an acceptable level  Develop plans for restoring business activities in case of disaster. Issues that might be addressed because of ITSCM:  When firms seem unable…

effective” yet the DRP fails to designate how to do so. The lack of discussion of cost may have something to do with the lack of strategic decisions based on the BIA. The lack of business impact analysis is troublesome being that the entire DRP rests on its evaluation of the system and its criticality. According to the NIST document, the BIA is the primary source for determining resiliency and contingency planning strategies (Swanson, Bowen, Phillips, Gallup, & Lynes, 2010). The results of the…

Business are important for communities, they generate employment for the population, revenue and provide services need by the community. Maintaining and updating Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), can decrease potential looses and increase business success during the recovery phase. Every year, thousands of businesses are affected during natural or men-made disasters, some of them never reopen due to the lack of resources and knowledge to sustain business operation during a disaster. Business…

output. Once these requirements are all identified and documented the team can move on to the next step in the SDLC. Design - This stage of the SDLC is where all the requirements from the planning stage are compiled and the technical specifications are identified. In addition, the infrastructure requirements are also identified. Once these infrastructure/technical specifications are documented…

If I will newly hired as IT Security Manager of a medium size business of 400 employees and have 6 personnel in our security department. My company CIO asked about the security plan of company, as a manger of IT company, I need to secure the data of company is my responsibility. Security strategy plan helps to prepare an organization to face any type of unwanted security issues. As a security manager first thing I will do the Identification of threat, assessment of risk and…

A contingency plan is implemented to address the continuity of operations (COOP) in the event that an occurrence disrupts the organizations ability to operate. Contingency planning is split into three sections; incident response, disaster response and business continuity. Procedures for an incident response plan (IRP) include recording the event and escalating incidents to senior management. A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is implemented during a disaster in order for an organization to resume…

management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to factors focusing on human characteristics behaviour and its impacts on information security ultimately associated with risks. To be prosperous, advanced risk management must be a process that is thoroughly embedded into the agency’s strategic plan focusing on comportments such as overall governance, physical risk, cyber risk, and data security involving all personnel to protect sensitive information, students, personnel, and…

Threat and Risk Assessment: The key to contingency planning A Threat and Risk Assessment is a critical tool for understanding the innumerable threats to a business, determining the level of risk the business is exposed to, and recommending the appropriate level of protection. Whether or not a threat and risk assessment is conducted can make or break a business. Every business encounters issues, some more disastrous than others conducting a threat and risk assessment can keep businesses ahead of…