Welcome to the Business Continuity Management group, a new forum which will enable professionals involved in business continuity to discuss the subject and...
I'm glad to see the formation of this E-mail group! Can non-BCI people also join the group? I'm part of a BCP committee and I think some of my colleagues...
Robert.Day@...
Nov 20, 2003 3:35 pm
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Does anyone have experience of using the Zurich Municiples BCP package for LA's?If yes what are it's pitfalls and how user friendly have you found it...
Hi Robert, The group is not just for BCI members - it is for anyone wishing to discuss the subject with their peers. New members can join by sending an e-mail...
I would hope that it will be an all inclusive group vs exclusive. We have much to gain if we encourage all Business Continuity professionals to participate...
carol.moffitt@...
Nov 20, 2003 4:12 pm
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Morbid as it may be, recent events, such as the terrorism attacks in Turkey, Saudi etc, should raise the visibility of BC planning within organisations...
andrew.h.nayar@...
Nov 20, 2003 4:57 pm
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Hi, I am located in Israel, and you can be sure we are familiar with terror! I work in a multinational company, and still we have yet to start a BC initiate. ...
Daniel Levitats
daniel@...
Nov 20, 2003 5:07 pm
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You need to ask the question from the business perspective - what would the company do if this (pick a critical location) site were unavailable? It could be...
Karen Dye
Karen.Dye@...
Nov 20, 2003 5:28 pm
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We are looking for 40 more consultants internaionally to join our firm. We currently have sales reps in Latin America, China, Malasia, Europe. If you know of...
First of all get your senior management involved, get their support. Write some basic policies and plans. And see management approves that. Make adjustments as...
dpandit@...
Nov 20, 2003 6:15 pm
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Thank you so much for setting up this communication effort. Ms Michael C Redmond Enterprise Risk International, C0-CEO...
Daniel, Convincing organizations, particularly private-sector companies, to spend funds on something that they think may never happen is a difficult task. I ...
Robert.Day@...
Nov 20, 2003 6:16 pm
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Daniel, Step one is to get a "champion of the cause". That means getting the CEO or very high ranking director to make a declaration that BC will be done and...
ADRIAN JENKYN
ajenkyn@...
Nov 20, 2003 6:16 pm
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Hi, I'm a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) with Union Pacific Railroad. My primary responsibility is IT, but I've just been given the task of...
Hi Daniel I work in the UK for a Major Car company and although we we had some terror from the IRA in the 80's 90's not as bad as Israel of course this is not...
Can you be a bit more specific? I, too, am a CBCP on the way to getting a MBCP. While I do (we all do) IT/logical security I also specialize in physical...
David Honour's website (http://www.continuitycentral.com )has recently had some great articles that will help. For instance: a. On 9/17/03 or so, Ray J Vaughan...
MARY OBRIEN
MOBRIEN@...
Nov 21, 2003 7:36 am
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CB, A keystone of any recovery plan has to be having the utility providers factored in to your recovery. In event of disaster impacting one of your buildings...
Daniel (Levitats) To expand on KD's memo, remember it's not just the 'direct hits' on your Company's assets that you need to consider, but 'access denial' i.e....
Marcelle Paton-Smith
mpaton-smith@...
Nov 21, 2003 9:29 am
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CB, I was involved in creating a booklet about Business Continuity which may be of assistance. It can be found on: ...
ruth_williams@...
Nov 21, 2003 9:30 am
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CB, 1. Before delving into workgroup recovery planning, one needs to know first what are the critical lines of business and internal processes that are ...
Maher, Virginia
vmaher@...
Nov 21, 2003 1:47 pm
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Picking up on Alan's point, you can find easy access to the Turnbull report and its accompanying presentation at www.karyfi.com/turnbull.html In principle,...
Admin
admin@...
Nov 22, 2003 8:57 am
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Our company recently had a Risk/Vulnerability Assessment performed to identify all "threats" that could possibly cause our primary data center to go offline....
Mark The final decision is always up to the business if they fully understand all the risks and implications of not using a second data centre then thats their...
Hi Mark, From what you have indicated it does look as though you may not need a secondary site for recovery purposes. However I would seriously question the...
Mark, Sounds like you should be pleased by the report not disappointed. If the report is valid then you are probably saving your company a lot of money. Lately...
Admin
admin@...
Nov 24, 2003 7:45 am
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Mark, Remember what others have said in this discussion group - business continuity planning is an insurance policy. You are planning for an eventuality that...
In a message dated 11/22/2003 2:59:37 AM Central Standard Time, ... I would concentrate on the losses that your company could face if the data center itself...
One element to ask management to consider is the combination of the risk probability and the impact of such a risk. For example, I am in the Midwestern United...
Hi Mark It may be that the risk analysis on the data center was focused too much inwardly (and looked OK from that perspective) - in other words, looking at ...
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