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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
PAS56, HB221, Singapore's TechRef, NFPA 1600, ASIS, et al, bolstered by some of the standards that call for BC/DR (SEC Rule 446) are gaining momentum, but...
CT
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Feb 14, 2006 1:42 pm
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You can also refer to PAS 56 (Publicly Available Specifications) from BSI. Cheers! Kalpesh ________________________________ From: bcpforum@yahoogroups.com on...
kalpesh.doshi@...
Feb 14, 2006 1:43 pm
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I just received a post on another list that reads: "I watched most of the hearing testimony of Brown last week, (- ex. Director of FEMA after the New Orleans...
Chris BCI GPG 2005 and BSI PAS 56 are the most widely adopted ... The BSI/BCI committee will be shortly finished it's work on a formal standard .... regards ...
Spinks, David C
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Feb 20, 2006 5:36 pm
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I have been approached by a client that wants me to give her a proposal to design/ develop and implement a reputation management policy for a banking ...
Hi. I am new in Business Continuity Planning. I would just like to ask if anybody could help layout the R&R for the BCP Project Manager and the BCP SPOC per...
margecustodio
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Mar 1, 2006 6:40 am
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URL to an article that appeared in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel _http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=410181_ ...
Hello all, Unlike alot of you that function as true "Business Continuity" Professionals, I am primarily involved in IT Disaster Recovery. I was hoping that...
Besides the monetary benefit that arises from being able to respond to and recover quickly after an incident occurs that your BC or DR plan helped with, does...
Hi All - In the time I've been a member of the list I've seen a lot of discussions about workshops, seminars, who does what and how well, etc. Stay off the...
