Mark, The risk assessment document referred to is not a published document in the sense that it can be purchased on the open market. It is one of the ...
Hy all, it would be interesting to know what the impact of the current snow storm that is crossing through northern Spain has been on both Spanish & Portuguese...
Hi, I am managing a BCP Project for a large financial services group. We have finished the high level models and plans for business critical areas and now...
We started using templates a couple of years ago with great success. They are currently CD based and a mixture of Word (narrative) and Excel (data & ...
Most information I have been able to attain about table top exercises has been very generic. Does anyone have any more detailed information on Table Top...
IMPORTANT VIRUS WARNING Please note that a spoofed virus warning supposedly coming from Continuity Central is in circulation. The text of the warning is as ...
David, FYI- I received an almost identical e-mail today, purportedly from yahoo, about their e-mail service. It had a zip file attachment, which is an...
We are in the process of updating our Business Continuity Policy and are looking for a better definition of "Mission Critical" recovery priority. A search of...
Hi Ray, Mission critical is best described by the impact(s) to activities affecting your corporation at the core of its mission: Here is a definition Of...
Dear Ray, "Mission-critical" resource has come to mean so many things in the past decade that, in fact, it means almost nothing at all now, except some vague ...
Hey Ray. As you know, there are many interesting ways to express the definition of mission critical. Since it really depends on the audience, I would start ...
Bill Lang
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Mar 4, 2004 7:45 pm
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We are currently looking at what level of insurance cover we require to have for additional costs of working after a disaster for computer work and...
Hodgetts, Jonathan
jonathan.hodgetts@...
Mar 4, 2004 7:45 pm
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Ray, Say hello to the old Services Continuity Team for me. We are in similar industries so I can relate to your question. Here at FDR each product's recovery...
ron.llewellyn@...
Mar 4, 2004 11:40 pm
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In a message dated 3/4/2004 1:47:18 PM Central Standard Time, ... I would also add that for some businesses, a function could become mission critical if it is...
Myself and a number of colleagues within the industry are tending away from using Mission Criticality to describe processes or functions for many of the ...
Ray, I use the good old standard of TTF (Tolerance to Failure) in hours to define critical business functions. This is done by personal interview or group...
ADRIAN JENKYN
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Mar 5, 2004 6:55 am
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I have never seen a formula for this and would doubt if one exists (let us see if anyone proves me wrong!). The obvious costs may be easy to assess eg ...
I am curious to hear from the group their past experiences regarding RTO's assigned to "mission critical applications". Have you had RTO's reduced on certain...
Most of the applications I've seen reduce RTO were supply chain for JIT and financial apps for EDI and regulatory. ... From: Scott Garrett To:...
Bill Lang
wrlang@...
Mar 8, 2004 6:35 am
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In a message dated 3/5/2004 12:56:07 AM Central Standard Time, ... Mission Critical? Franchise Critical? Sounds like a bit of term inflation going on. ...
I would like to thank all the people that offered comments and advice on the DRII exam. It was well worth the effort I passed, and I now look forward to...
A mission is a destination, a franchise is the vehicle itself. The terminology may be suspect but the underlying differentiation is not inflated. Regards, ...
Now we're delving straight into difficult territory. Stewart's message is the first citing I have ever seen of the term "Franchise Critical." I think derhexer...
Thank you Clive. That is a help in giving some further points to consider. It is obvious that to calculate an amount for additional costs of working is not...
Hodgetts, Jonathan
jonathan.hodgetts@...
Mar 8, 2004 5:42 pm
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hi ! I am looking for some guidelines with regard to BCP providers selection, both for IT and users'positions. Cud smbdy help? thanks a lot....
Scott If my (and many others) experience is anything to go by, don't hold your breath waiting for notification that you are now a CBCP. I've known a number of...
richard.heron@...
Mar 8, 2004 11:48 pm
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It's all in the BIA. How is the work to be performed? By supplemental staffing? By overtime? By external contractor? Combination? How much skill is required to...
Suggest you are best served by an ENTERPRISE "BC provider" who will protect the entire organization, not just "parts" which someone may later try to cobble...
In a message dated 3/8/2004 8:41:21 AM Central Standard Time, ... At the risk of being called cynical, I've seen this sort of 'term inflation' from consultants...
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