#63 - Flirting with Disaster

As a cyber executive you should expect disaster and disruption.  When these unfortunate events occur, you can protect the business by maintaining critical business functions, ensuring employees are able to access an alternate work facility, and providing vital records to perform business functions.

The secret to accomplishing these objectives can be found in three important documents.  Those being a Business Continuity Plan, Disaster Recovery Plan, & a Business Impact Analysis.  Enjoy the show as we walk you through them.

FEMA BCP Example https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/COOP-Template-Business-Continuity.pdf

IBM Disaster Recovery Plan

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.1?topic=system-example-disaster-recovery-plan

Fire Drills
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_drill

Business Impact Analysis
https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/business-impact-analysis-worksheet.pdf

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