Business Continuity Planning | Protecting Your Organization's Life | K

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Business Continuity Planning

ABSTRACT

Once considered a luxury, a business continuity plan has become a necessity. Many companies are required to have one by law. Others have implemented them to protect themselves from liability, and some have adopted them after a disaster or after a near miss. Whatever your reason, the right continuity plan is essential to your organization. Business

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |2 pages

Section I: The Need for Business Continuity Planning

chapter 1|8 pages

Risk and the Need for Business Continuity Planning

chapter 2|4 pages

The Four Phases of Risk Realization

chapter 3|6 pages

The Legal Issues of Business Continuity Planning

chapter 4|14 pages

Building a Culture for Business Continuity Planning

part |2 pages

SECTION II CRISIS MANAGEMENT

chapter 5|8 pages

Identifying a Crisis: A Critical Factor in Business Continuity Planning

chapter 6|6 pages

Crisis Management Planning

chapter 7|6 pages

Learning from a Crisis

chapter 8|12 pages

Plan to Rehearse the Crisis — Before the Crisis Tests the Organization

chapter 9|4 pages

The Crisis Management Command Center

chapter 10|4 pages

Trauma: The Forgotten Factor

part |2 pages

SECTION III BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING

chapter 11|18 pages

Overview of Business Continuity Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Meglathery

chapter 12|12 pages

Corporate Contingency Planning

chapter 13|6 pages

Business Continuity Planning: Trials and Tribulations

chapter 14|16 pages

The Business Impact Assessment Process

chapter 15|10 pages

Selecting the Right Business Continuity Planning Strategies

chapter 16|20 pages

Business Continuity in the Distributed Environment

chapter 17|8 pages

Details Overlooked in Contingency Plans

chapter 18|14 pages

Restoration Component of Business Continuity Planning

chapter 19|10 pages

Systems and Communications Security During Recovery and Repair

part |2 pages

Section IV: Business Continuity Planning for Communications

chapter 20|22 pages

Network Business Continuity Planning

chapter 21|10 pages

Business Recovery Planning for Communications

chapter 22|8 pages

Documenting a Communications Recovery Plan

chapter 23|8 pages

Adding Communications Network Support to Existing Business Continuity Plans

part |2 pages

Section V: Maintenance and Testing of Business Continuity Plans

chapter 24|18 pages

Strategies for Developing and Testing Business Continuity Plans

chapter 25|10 pages

Maintenance and Update of Business Continuity Plans

chapter 26|8 pages

Testing Business Continuity Plans

chapter 27|8 pages

Changes that Could Affect the IS Business Continuity Plan

part |2 pages

SECTION VI BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGER’S TOOL KIT

chapter 28|12 pages

Business Continuity Planning Tools and Management Options

chapter 29|14 pages

Choosing a Hot-Site Vendor

chapter 30|6 pages

A Proactive Approach to Improving the IS Business Continuity Plan

chapter 31|18 pages

Reengineering the Business Continuity Planning Process

chapter 32|6 pages

Backup: The Forgotten Essential

part |2 pages

Section VII: Auditor's Perspecive of Business Continuity Planning

chapter 33|10 pages

Using Audit Resources in IT Business Continuity Planning

chapter 34|14 pages

How IS Auditors Can Enhance Business Continuity Planning

chapter 35|12 pages

Auditing Contingency and Business Continuity Planning