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Re: American Standard Body to produce Standard for Business Continuity

--- In discussbusinesscontinuity@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Lang"
<wrlang@...> wrote:
> 1 .. Will BCM become a better value proposition for business if
> programs and solutions conform to a set of standards?
>

Not necessarily. If the standard is a good one, then it will improve
overall BCP efforts. However, just because something is a standard
doesn't make it a good value proposition.
Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:03 am

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Our company has just merged with another larger company of the same type. We are a chain of retail/wholesale auto parts stores. I have been asked to determine... 		Perschke, Bill
cskdrman
Offline Send Email 		Dec 18, 2008
4:46 pm

Good Morning Bill That is a difficult problem.  First, I suggest conducting a BIA to determine which applications directly impact/generate revenue, to include...
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bobc1512004
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5:24 pm

I agree with Bob Cohen on where to start, but you may want to have the requestor of the downtime figures explain more about what they are looking for. Being...
Bill Lang
wrlang1977
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8:30 am

You need to do a Business Impact Analysis for the systems at that location.   First you need to determine what applications run from there, then find out from...
Phil
pstottmfc
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11:23 am

Thank you all for your responses to my request for help on this. Your responses were great and extremely helpful. Is anyone else in disbelief that we are...
Perschke, Bill
cskdrman
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11:19 am

Source : http://www.continuityforum.org/news/0906/ASIS American Standard Body to produce Standard for Business Continuity ASIS Online...
john_fernandes@...
john_s_ferna...
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6:54 am

I read BSI 25999-1 and BSI 25999-2.   I found them both lacking in everything but price. For my money, NFPA 1600 (and variations on that theme) do a better...
John Glenn, CRP
jglenncrp
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10:45 am

John I completely agree with you.  If ASIS is going through this (in my opinion) unnecessary effort because they feel NFPA isn't auditable, seems to me their...
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bobc1512004
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What is it with this "one size fits all" mentality we are developing? Like the organisations, and sub sections within these organisations, that we service,...
Howard Kenny
howardkenny
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A few questions I'd like to pose to the forum based on what others think about the flurry of Standards being developed. 1 .. Will BCM become a better value...
Howard Kenny
howardkenny
Offline Send Email 		Jan 11, 2009
2:18 pm

Rather than a point by point response, I'd like to share my 2 cents on the subject of BCP standards both as an auditor and as a practitioner. First of all,...
rcrossjr
Offline Send Email 		Jan 12, 2009
9:10 pm

Thanks to everyone who took the time to provide their views and input into this discussion. Obviously there are 3 sides - yes, standards are always a good...
Howard Kenny
howardkenny
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7:42 am

  Maybe the broad BCM should include a class to qualify auditors. Perhaps the leading certifying organisations could develop (if they have not already) an...
John Glenn, CRP
jglenncrp
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7:29 pm

Hi Howard. Comments below. A few questions I'd like to pose to the forum based on what others think about the flurry of Standards being developed. 1 .. Will...
Bill Lang
wrlang1977
Offline Send Email 		Jan 11, 2009
6:28 pm

... Not necessarily. If the standard is a good one, then it will improve overall BCP efforts. However, just because something is a standard doesn't make it a...
aj4ad
Offline Send Email 		Jan 19, 2009
2:12 pm
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