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Author McCrackan, Andrew.

Title Practical guide to business continuity assurance / Andrew McCrackan
Published Boston : Artech House, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations
Series Artech House technology management and professional development library
Artech House technology management and professional development library.
Contents Current Standards and Literature -- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery -- Gap Analysis -- Integration of the Organization -- Business and IT -- Health and Safety -- Security -- Terrorism -- Finance and Motivation -- Insuring for Disaster -- Approach -- Key Components of Operation -- Events and Event Responses -- Facets of Business Continuity -- Legacy Approach -- Continuity Across the Organization -- Methodology -- Offensive Stream -- Defensive Stream -- The Maturity Model -- Achievement and Quality Assurance -- Knowledge Transfer and Resource Management -- Team Blending -- The Apprenticeship Method -- Communication -- Problem Solving and Root Cause -- Level 1: Rationalization -- Organizational Positioning -- Team Structure -- Roles and Responsibilities -- Resourcing -- Management Tools -- Security and Safety -- Level 2: Risk Reduction -- Vulnerability Analysis -- Corrective and Preventative Action -- Risk Identification -- Risk Mitigation -- Security and Safety -- Level 3: Rating -- Business Impact Assessment -- Criticality Rating -- Quantitative Analysis -- Risk Rating -- Security and Safety -- Level 4: Rigor -- Change and Configuration Management -- Configuration or Change? -- Hardware Versus Software Configuration Management -- When Do We Need Configuration Management? -- Key Benefits of Configuration Management -- Functional Areas of Configuration Management -- Contingency Planning -- Crisis Management -- Design Assurance -- Backup and Tape Management -- Security and Safety -- Resource Vetting
Summary Here's a groundbreaking book that offers you a powerful new methodology for business continuity management - an approach designed to bind and enhance risk management, disaster prevention, and disaster recovery efforts to an optimum level of efficiency. This unique resource features a start-to-finish quantitative framework to assess, improve, and benchmark your organization's business continuity capabilities in response to potential terrorist acts, hackers, natural disasters, and other business-threatening events or errors. The book's seven-level capability model guides you through every step i
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Crisis management.
Emergency management.
Business planning.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate Governance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Leadership.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Development.
Business planning
Crisis management
Emergency management
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004057412
ISBN 1580539289
9781580539289
1580539270
9781580539272