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- the uninterrupted maintenance of business activities. Ensuring business continuity requires a proactive process of identifying essential business functions within an organization and threats to those functions. Plans and procedures may...
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- The Federal Reserve, the New York State Banking Department, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission have been jointly analyzing events in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks with a view toward strengthening the overall resilience of the financial system. This...
- White papers 2002-02-13
- Business Continuity Planning Process Improvement
- Business Continuity Planning BCP involves planning to ensure uninterrupted day-to-day business operations in face of risk and uncertainty. It is imperative to have the full support of the senior management for devising an effective BCP framework. The BCP framework has to be formed in conformity with the overall business objectives...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Business Continuity - Planning For "Business As Usual"
- Business Continuity Planning BCP involves long-range planning for uninterrupted business operations in the event of a disaster or crisis. BCP focuses on efficient resumption of basic tasks so that the ensuing crisis does not have a far-reaching effect on business operations. Technology tools facilitate BCP. The paper examines issues involved...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Business Continuity Planning 201: Exercising Your Contingency Teams
- From the executive summary: ‘Many planners have made it their business to know and understand the basics of business continuity planning and disaster recovery strategies. However, recognizing a workable plan and making a plan work are two different things. The paper examines how a trust company tests their life-safety, business...
- White papers 2000-05-01
- Web Based Planning: A BCP Manager's New Best Friend!
- From the executive summary: ‘The Internet is the fastest and easiest way to obtain information on almost any topic and has become the preferred vehicle for information seekers. Because a Business Continuity Planning BCP manager has a number of responsibilities-creating awareness of the need for a BCP, training employees in...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Business Continuity For IT Managers
- In the contemporary business world, Information Technology IT assets and business processes go hand-in-hand. However, special attention must be given to the associated networks that are vulnerable to technical risks. There is a need to devise continuity controls to check the risks accordingly. The paper deals with techniques required for...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Make Sure Your Company's Efforts At Business Continuity Aren't A Disaster
- From the executive summary: ‘In today's constantly changing and competitive business environment, access to a company's key information resources is more crucial than ever before. Regardless of business size, not having timely access to company data, information, and human resources can be devastating to a business's revenue stream. Thus, developing...
- White papers 2003-01-24
- Managing Risk in a Changing Environment: Ensuring Business Continuity Instills Confidence in Company, Stakeholders and Customers
- Companies across the insurance industry suffered profound personal and economic losses during the September 11th attacks. This leading insurer wanted to take a proactive approach to dealing with similar disasters in the future. The company worked with EDS to build a comprehensive emergency response and recovery program based on EDS'...
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- Business Continuity: The Road to Recovery
- When it comes to a disaster or other business interruption, there is no substitute for preparation. Developing evacuation and business continuity plans are necessary first steps. In order to recover from a disaster, organizations need to have a business recovery plan. This article also presents the steps to take before,...
- White papers 2002-05-01
- Rules Widen the Scope on Business Continuity
- Many businesses, especially those in heavily regulated industries, have long planned for major disruptions caused by natural disasters, but after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, business people realized they needed to consider business continuity from a broader perspective. The Securities and Exchange Commission also noted the need and...
- White papers
- Does Your Plan Measure Up?
- From the executive summary: ‘As organizations come to depend more and more on the continuous availability of IT infrastructure, business continuity planning faces a growing need for perfection. Plans must support faster recovery on larger scales, and organizations need confidence that their plans are adequate. Evaluating business continuity plans requires...
- White papers 2000-11-01
- Conventional Business Continuity Techniques May Prove Ineffective in 2000
- It is the concern for those who have the responsibility for business continuity planning that they may fail in their posts at the critical time. The new millennium's greatest threat to the enterprise is inadequate preparation based on weak and superficial risk analysis. The resultant efforts at restoring functionality and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Enterprise Risk Management and Business Continuity Planning
- Enterprise Risk Management ERM is the capability to protect enterprise value by managing risk with a coordinated and systemic approach, organization-wide and also across all types of risks. The paper discusses the strategies of business contingency planning. The paper also presents the difference between function and process view of the...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Response and Recovery at Morgan Stanley
- The World Trade Center had been the primary site for various production and technology development platforms that provided support for the firm's retail operations. Wide-scale telecommunications failures also affected other areas of the firm and the industry in general. The global business continuity team consists of professionals from several divisions...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Five-Step Business Continuity Plan for CEOs
- Straightforward planning makes business continuity less of a mystery and management burden, and more of a strategic priority and opportunity. This paper explains that a business continuity plan must have strong support from the chief executive; there must be a clear commitment to never let disruptions seriously hurt a company's...
- White papers 2002-09-24
- Business Continuity Planning: The Treasurer's Priorities
- For the treasury, disaster recovery / business continuity is not just a matter of maintaining and monitoring internal systems and processes. Nor is it solely a question of ensuring back-up facilities can be depended upon. The future of disaster preparedness is one of enhanced collaboration among financial institutions and more...
- White papers 2003-01-09
- Protecting, Maintaining & Evolving : 21st Century Business Continuity for Financial Institutions
- Business continuity planning within the financial industry has been around as long as the discipline itself. Banks and brokers recognized early the importance of ensuring and protecting their essential information, which was most often in paper form. Today they are in new and unusual circumstances, where technology has made them...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Business Continuity Planning
- Business Continuity Planning BCP involves formulating a comprehensive action-plan that enables an organization to carry on with its routine day-to-day operations in the face of unforeseen situations and crisis. The BCP is done after ascertaining a number of factors that include relationships with business partners, technology nuances to business, infrastructure,...
- Presentations 2004-06-19
- Best Practices And Trends In Business Continuity Planning
- A crisis is an unstable situation that involves dangerous and destructive circumstances. Business Continuity Planning BCP is a comprehensive action-plan evolved by an organization that enables the organization to continue with its routine business operations, even in the face of a crisis. The paper examines the relevance of BCP and...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- How To Justify Business Continuity Management
- "For BCM to be truly effective, organizations need a central department or initiative that has both executive-level support and adequate resources. But in many cases, BCM efforts do not get what they need because they are considered discretionary projects that do not contribute directly to the organization's profitability. Yet, at...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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