Seven Steps Of Contingency Planning
Develop the contingency planning policy statement.
Conduct the Business Impact Analysis (BIA).
Identify preventitive controls.
Create Contingency Strategies.
Develop an information system contingency plan.
Ensure plan testing, training and exercises.
Ensure plan maintenance.
Business Continuity Planning
The BCP focuses on sustaining an organization’s mission/business processes during and after a disruption. An example of a mission/business process may be an organization’s payroll process or customer service process.
Crisis Communication
Organizations should document standard procedures for internal and external communications in the event of a disruption using a crisis communications plan. A crisis communications plan is often developed by the organization responsible for public outreach.
Cyber Incident Response Plan
The cyber incident response plan establishes procedures to address cyber attacks against an organization’s information system(s).
Table Top Exercise
Tabletop exercises are discussion-based exercises where personnel meet in a classroom setting or in breakout groups to discuss their roles during an emergency and their responses to a particular emergency situation.
Incident Response Plan
The documentation of a predetermined set of instructions or procedures to detect, respond to, and limit consequences of a malicious cyber attacks against an organization’s information system(s).
Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan
COOP focuses on restoring an organization’s mission essential functions (MEF) at an alternate site and performing those functions for up to 30 days before returning to normal operations.
Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Plan
Critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) are those components of the national infrastructure that are deemed so vital that their loss would have a debilitating effect of the safety, security, economy, and/or health of the United States.
Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
The DRP applies to major, usually physical disruptions to service that deny access to the primary facility infrastructure for an extended period.
Functional Exercises
Functional exercises allow personnel to validate their operational readiness for emergencies by performing their duties in a simulated operational environment.
Take the time to create and deploy a Business Continuity Plan and a Disaster Recovery Plan to educate your employees and protect your assets. If your business lacks the talent needed, contact RNT Professional Services today.
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