A Guide to Business Continuity Planning

by Barnes, James C.

• ISBN13: 9780471530152
• ISBN10: 0471530158
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-08
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

The interest in Business Continuity has gained significant momentum in the last few years, especially with the Y2K non-event, the increasing corporate dependence on computer systems and the growing levels of devastation associated with recent disasters. This book takes an organization interested in continuity planning through the processes needed to develop an effective plan."Jim Barnes has succeeded in providing us a much-needed tool, with which we can condidently face many of the day-to-day challenges of business contingency planning ... With this book, he has taken an important step in removing much of the guesswork and frustration from the business continuity implementation project." From the Foreword by Philip Jan Rothstein, FBCI, President of Rothstein Associates Inc., Publisher of The Rothstein Catalog on Disaster Recovery, 2001

Author Biography

<B>JAMES C. BARNES, </B>Manager of Deloitte & Touche, has over 13 years of extensive experience in Business Continuity Planning. Most recently, he assisted in the design of a Business Continuity Company Certification course, which he taught in Europe, South America, and the United States. He has written over 300 Business Continuity Plans of which 12 have been successfully exercised, and specializes in the areas of continuity risk management, vulnerability and risk assessment, business continuity planning, BCP policies and standards, strategic planning for financial institutions, and economic forecasting. <BR> Mr. Barnes has held several positions in these areas, such as Director of Business Continuity Planning for Citibank, Florida, where seven of his plans were exercised during Hurricane Andrew. He has also conducted numerous seminars on business continuity planning throughout the United States, working with clients such as Johnson and Johnson, the Chicago Stock Exchange, The First American Financial Corporation, MONY, and Conseco.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Philip Jan Rothstein
Introduction	1	(20)
The Structure of the Book	2	(19)
Phases	2	(19)
Project Foundation	21	(36)
Initial Assessment	21	(1)
BCP Evaluation Questionnaire	21	(1)
Pre-Engagement Questionnaire	22	(3)
Work Plan	25	(5)
The Proposal	30	(6)
Kick-off Meeting	36	(7)
Poliy Statement	43	(3)
Data Requests	46	(11)
Business Assessment	57	(34)
Risk Assessment	57	(10)
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)	67	(23)
Conclusions	90	(1)
Strategy Selection	91	(30)
Computer Center Reovery	93	(20)
No Strategy	94	(1)
Relocate, Rebuild, Restore	94	(1)
Cold Site	94	(1)
Hot-Site	94	(17)
Hot-Site with Electronic Vaulting	111	(1)
Active Recovery Site (Mirrored)	112	(1)
Reciprocal Agreements	112	(1)
Other Component Recovery	113	(1)
Communications Recovery	113	(2)
Voice Communications	113	(2)
Data Communication	115	(1)
Facilities Recovery	115	(1)
Structure	115	(1)
Power	115	(1)
Insurance	116	(2)
Business Income Insurance	117	(1)
Additional Coverages	117	(1)
Staff Recovery	118	(1)
Vendor Selection	119	(1)
Customer Relations	119	(1)
Plan Strategies	120	(1)
Plan Development	121	(44)
Teams	122	(40)
Emergency Management Team (EMT)	123	(5)
Recovery Teams	128	(34)
Documentation Rules	162	(3)
Testing and Maintenance	165	(8)
Testing	165	(6)
Maintenance	171	(2)
Index	173