Business Continuity Planning
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Business continuity planning involves creating a plan to minimize the effects of an interruption to an organization's operations in the event of natural disaster or other disruption to one or more critical business functions or resources. Learn how.
By David Honour
Should you decide to outsource the business continuity of some of your company's functions? If yes, what measures can you take to ensure that your outsourcer will assure the continuity of your outsourced function? Learn what's involved when you choose to outsource business continuity.
(Added: 21-Mar-2005 Hits: 487)
By Rolf von Roessing, MBCI, CISA, CISSP
The “whose budget” syndrome in business continuity management has been a hotly debated issue for some time. For the BCM auditor, the question of funding a corporate continuity process or program looks insignificant at first sight. In terms of adequacy of funding, there are no immediate difficulties - quite simply add up the numbers, and match them against typical benchmarks such as turnover, profit before tax, or any other predefined criteria. A closer look reveals that the funding (and therefore sponsorship!) structure for business continuity often leads to a hidden organizational bias.
(Added: 21-Mar-2005 Hits: 379)
By University of Toronto.ca
If you are new to recovery planning, make sure that you research the subject thoroughly before embarking on a disaster recovery project. Consider engaging a consultant (internal or external to your organization) to help you in your project planning effort. Disaster recovery planning is not a two-month project, neither is it a project that once completed, you can forget about. An effective recovery plan is a live recovery plan. The plan must be maintained current and tested/exercised regularly
(Added: 29-Mar-2005 Hits: 847)
By Mike Makler
This article contains a few valuable hints regarding where to store your data after your data back-up processes. Read about the pros and cons of having your data back-ups close to your business site or in a distant location.
(Added: 4-Oct-2005 Hits: 351)
By Pamela Black
National disasters have underlined the importance of business continuity planning for financial advisers -- it's not just about compliance
(Added: 19-Jan-2006 Hits: 422)
By Monica Zein, Sally Cohn, Tracy Broadway
It is often thought that Business Continuity Planning is a project with a finite ending. Not so! Creating the Business Continuity Plan is just a part of developing a business recovery program. The process also includes evaluating costs, selecting an alternate site(s), making employees aware of the Plan, updating the Plan and testing the Plan on a regular basis.
(Added: 29-Mar-2005 Hits: 443)
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