The definitive guide to business resumption planning Book

Getting Started. Conducting a Business Impact Analysis. Conducting a Support System Vulnerability Analysis. Special Considerations for LANs and Mainframes: Update on New Technologies and Approaches. Special Considerations for Telecommunications: Today's Hottest New Telecommunications Technologies — the Tools and Vulnerabilities. Assembling the Planning Team: Update on New Techniques and Approaches. The Standards Phase: Update of the Standards Document. Deciding on a Planning Package: An Update on Available Vendors and Suppliers. Object Linking of Key Plan Components. Identification of Key Databases and Repositories of Information. Understanding the Mission: The "Seven R's" of the Planning Process — Recognizing the Problem. Responding to the Problem. Recovery. Restoration. Return to Normal. Rest and Relax. Reorganize and Rewrite. Writing "First-Alert" Procedures: "Who's on First?" Assessing the Emergency. Detailed Emergency Procedures. When Do You Wake Up the CEO? Defining Responsibilities. Examples, Flow Charts, and Forms. Writing Actual Emergency Procedures: Documentation of Disaster Recovery Procedures. Tying in Recovery Procedures with Corporate Policies and Procedures. Maintaining Command and Control. Emergency Equipment Shutdown Procedures. Documentation of Instructions for Evacuating Equipment Areas. Coordinating with Overall Corporate Disaster Recovery Personnel, Media Relations, Others. The Standards Document: Formats and Examples. The Recovery Procedures: Formats and Examples. Bonus Chapter: Disaster Planning for Municipals and Government: A Mayor's Perspective of DR Planning in the Community. Summary, Suggestions, Wrap Up.