I was thinking about our roles as BC professionals during a disaster and during the recovery. Ideally, our users are so well-trained that they can execute...
I disagree with the administrative role you describe. This is not the role of the professional. Ensuring that these tasks are identified and contained within...
Kemp, Karen
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Nov 4, 2005 4:32 pm
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In a message dated 11/8/2005 4:48:10 PM Central Standard Time, n.short@... writes: I received the following. Has anyone heard of The Institute...
Hi, I'm a new member, I'm James, studying Emergency and Disaster Management as Coventry University. I'm currently in my final year and thought a little bit of ...
Dear Sir or Madam, Business Beam (Pvt.) Limited is pleased to announce a 3-day Advance Level Workshop on “Business Continuity Planning”. This workshop...
Shahzad Akbani
shahzad.akbani@...
Nov 22, 2005 10:06 am
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ME-Groups Please review a latest effort. Comments and suggestions are welcome. ...
Ghazali.A.Wasti
gawasti@...
Nov 22, 2005 10:07 am
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The latest release of the IT Security toolkit from www.plan-it-control-it.com is now available. Still proced at only £75 (US$130) the toolkit contains over 50...
info@...
Dec 6, 2005 11:49 am
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URL to an article that appeared in MSNBC _http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10561923/_ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10561923/) First few paragraphs "GENEVA - Signs...
Would I be said to be a cynic if I said "well he would say that wouldn't he". I visited Thailand 2 months ago and was told Tamiflu didn't work and that the...
J Charlton
j-charlton@...
Dec 23, 2005 12:12 pm
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I would like to thank the group for the debate and flow of ideas over the year. One or two heated points come to mind as highlights but I have to say I think...
J Charlton
j-charlton@...
Dec 23, 2005 12:14 pm
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Have a great Christmas and a happy New Years. Every year we new opportunities Chris (no electrons were killed in sending this, though billions were horribly ...
We've been thinking that it would be fun to take our Business Continuity Training classes overseas. Right now, we are interested in teaching classes in the UK...
How are companies out there handling logistical arrangements for coworkers who have to relocate to remote sites? I'd like some input if anyone is willing to...
Chris, you have some good responses. National companies that specialize in moving people. Rethinking the distance question based on the probable disasters. ...
Bill Lang
wrlang@...
Jan 28, 2006 7:12 am
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One of my favorite designs is to split the production workload between two or more sites. Also split the test workload among the same sites. Plan to use the...
Joseph Parla
joseph.parla@...
Jan 30, 2006 6:03 pm
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A new link has been added to the Links section of the group - R&H Solutions Ltd (www.randhsolutions.co.uk) providers of Business Continuity, IT Security and...
Hi there group. Any thoughts on how to include DRP within the IT SLA document? Thanks Karen. The information contained in or attached to this email is...
Kemp, Karen
Karen.Kemp@...
Jan 31, 2006 4:59 pm
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For simplicity the deployment that has worked best for me, is to attempt to closely mirror the business organization structure to those that naturally have...
Chris- I've been doing this for some time now and this is the same thing I implemented when we were working together (although we didn't call it ICS). Here's...
T. M. Smalley
brplanners@...
Feb 1, 2006 10:24 pm
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Has anyone had any experience with implementing ICS in the corporate world? We've had a consultant tell us that all of our command/control problems can be...
Chris, I must respectfully disagree, at least to some extent. ICS is a paper-intensive, US Government-developed overly bureaucratic process, in my view. There...
I use this structure but I use the Australian model Incident Commander then Planning (Security and Intelligence) Operations (Meaning the business line or group...
Kemp, Karen
Karen.Kemp@...
Feb 2, 2006 10:48 pm
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Exactly Bruce. Use ICS and NIMS and their equivalents from many sources as guidelines, not wisdom in immutable stone tablets. I am particularly oriented toward...
A prospective client - financial investment industry - has requested me to come up with a suggestion for a challenging and interacting session (with their...
Hi Paul et al I work for a Water Utility which has ICS as the core of it's approach to Crisis Management. The system has worked well for use for many years...
I agree that some things don't translate to the corporate world, some do. We use what we know as the "5 Table Concept" for the EOC. Used by a lot of...
Can anyone share off list a sanitized version of their recovery procedures for Windows server, Sun platform, and Oracle (all using Netbackup). I realize that...
Bill Lang
wrlang@...
Feb 3, 2006 5:34 pm
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I think there are (that is if I understand the manager's query). 1. Define the scope of the effort; create a project plan. 2. Get sponsor sign-off. 3....
John Glenn, CRP
JGlennCRP@...
Feb 14, 2006 6:20 am
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There is a standard developed by Standards Australia: HB221:2003 Business Continuity Management [a handbook for the development of BC Plans] That's an...
David Tickner
davidt_prm@...
Feb 14, 2006 6:20 am
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Our manager asked us a question that we couldn't answer. Are there generally accepted standards for the structure/content of business ...
