I have been working on disaster recovery planning for our company for over 3 years and have what I think is a pretty good disaster recovery plan in place. I...
Bill, I would like to add just an interesting point: If you have an area wide power outage, that also affects suppliers and clients and their ability to do...
Dear all, Automata is offering members of this group a 20 percent off its next training course (19th- 20th May) and 10 percent off other courses – see below...
Besides the replies already made to your question, I would add the following: Factor in weather concerns. As you know by living in Phoenix, our summers can be...
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Besides the replies already made to your question, I would add the following: 1. Factor in weather concerns. As you know by living in Phoenix, our summers can...
MARY OBRIEN
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May 4, 2004 3:39 pm
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Hy all, taking Bill's earlier message on Wide Area Power Outage, and bringing just a bit of entertainment to an all too serious business, I would like to know ...
Bill, Mary, Area Wide Events have different impacts depending on the size of the organization. If your organization is spread across the US or the World, you ...
Miguel and others.... Our BCP aims to put plans in place for what is in the control of our company, i.e. loss of site. The plan does not take into account loss...
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Does anyone know of a system(s) that are all inclusive for handling records management (including legal dept.), document management, and workflow process...
Bill There are plenty of articles available about the power failure in the Auckland business district in New Zealand in February 1998. This may help your...
Sarah, that is precisely my question. Where is the line drawed, and who draws it. Is it the Board or the people at Risk Management / BC ? Miguel Albano _____ ...
One of the big challenges if you have any type of retail or branch interface with your customers is that keeping your data centres going does not ensure that...
Dear All, can you help? I am new and very green to the topic of business continuity, and as i was recently asked if we has a DR strategy, it has raised my ...
Hi Mark, One (of many) resources is http://www.thebci.org/schelpbook.html Even the outline is enough to give you an idea of the plan. Kind regards, Charles ...
Hi everyone, I normally read rather than write but I think I can lend some advice here. I have designed the continuity plans for my company and have helped...
Good day to all, Gareth's approach provides a basic structure to build on. Yet I feel that most BC managers appear to focus either on IT or very serious ...
Hi Bill, We have a similar situation, where we experience frequent planned and un-planned power cuts in smaller cities. Businesses purchase diesel generator...
Miguel, In my experience it is the Risk/ BCP people who decide the risk appetites, but guess this depends on the type of service being offered to the business....
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Miguel: In my organization, the Board would draw the line because they ultimately are responsible for the organization's survival and in my case provides the ...
Debra, I agree with you. The business heads have to dictate what the business rquirement is. BC / Risk are only facilitators to getting the BCP in place by...
Bill, I see that there are a number of answers to your questions already - I will concentrate my answers on Stand By Power Supply (that only supplies Data ...
In 1984, I was asked by a major credit card issuer to design a strategy and write a bc plan to cover a nuclear holocaust scenario Yes, really. I turned down...
Why wasn't it an appropriate task? The credit card company knew it may loose customers and clients but still the world would go on.The core of Business ...
Hi Jeff -- The point then and now is that a post-nuclear holocaust world, as envisioned in the 80's, was a total war leading to a nuclear winter and complete ...
I'm starting to address the question of SLAs for BCP in my company and would like any advice you may wish to offer on this tricky topic. SLAs are a sign of...
Kathleen, yes your right and the MAD Mutually Assured Destruction of the cold war period was forgotten by me. Yes the tactical and terrorist weapon was what I ...
Hi, You have rightly pointed out that SLAs are growing in importance as a tool to ensure co-operation in DR from business partners. However, SLAs are driven by...
Your comments seem to cover the main SLA issues for an existing contract. I wish you well in talking to your external vendors if you dont have a DR capability...
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May 7, 2004 6:25 am
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Cyril Further to your request below. Another angle to consider is that of 'Service Management.' Consider how the supplier should interact with you in a BAU...
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May 7, 2004 7:44 am
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NASD has published `Notice to Members 04-37' which gives timescales for when member firms must establish business continuity plans and details what these must...
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