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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 Relationship Between Business Continuity and Sarbanes-Oxley
- What is the relationship between Sections 302, 404, and 409 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA, and business continuity? In many situations, external auditors are providing inconsistent guidance regarding the issue. In addition, the terms 'data backup', 'contingency planning', 'disaster recovery', and 'business continuity' are being used: sometimes correctly, sometimes incorrectly,...
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- 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: Preparing For The Unexpected
- From the executive summary: ‘Executive leadership, input, and support are crucial to the success of a business continuity strategy. After all to keep a company up and running during the most dire conditions means getting all business units to work together well in advance of any threat. An integral part...
- White papers 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
- Implications for Business Continuity
- 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 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
- BCP & The Custodian Bank
- From the executive summary: ‘In the United States, there are only a handful of custodian banks that process most of the securities and cash flowing through the financial markets, which makes it all the more critical they have sound business-continuity plans at the ready. Most custodian banks, because it is...
- White papers 2002-01-07
- 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
- Internal Audit's Role Grows With Business Continuity
- As organizations become more complex, global in reach and under the eye of regulators, shareholders, and lawmakers, internal auditors need to make sure they play a big role in business continuity management BCM. This article outlines that ensuring the continued operation of a company in the face of disruptions ranging...
- White papers
- Safe, Secure, Setting New Standards
- The purpose of this report is to contribute to and continue that dialogue by reviewing how DTCC has approached various business continuity issues, what we have learned about them, and how we have modified our plans through these experiences. The report hopes that this will help the participants and others...
- White papers 2004-02-01
- Guide to Business Continuity Management: Frequently Asked Questions
- This report takes an in-depth look at the many issues and events that are driving the need for improved business continuity management practices, and the steps companies can take to implement an effective Business Continuity Management BCM program. It reviews in detail numerous BCM areas and strategies, including an overview...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Preparedness: Basics Of Business Continuity Management
- While corporate managements cannot guarantee that losses will be precluded, they are at least expected to deal with loss events and the attendant aftermath in a satisfactory manner. In addition to the traditional tasks of risk management companies are thus increasingly being expected to prepare systematically to deal with loss...
- White papers 2001-10-17
- When Disaster Strikes, Treasury Can Strike Back
- Several shifts in the business environment have raised the profile of disaster planning - also known as business continuity planning in the past few years, particularly within treasury. For starters, cash management operations have become increasingly dependent on their IT systems. Most treasuries now are linked by computer networks to...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- 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
- Inside Business Continuity
- From the executive summary: ‘Few business functions are as capable and prepared to react to emergency and crisis situations as are the physical security department and its officers. However, many companies' corporate security departments do not address the function of business continuity, although common sense dictates there is no better...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Complying With New Business Continuity And Contingency Plan Rules
- From the executive summary: ‘Recent approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission of new business continuity and contingency plan rules has pushed select companies into a full state of preparedness. But, developing and reviewing plans to mitigate financial and operational risk during projected business disruption scenarios is akin to gazing...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Manage A Crisis, Don't Recover From Disaster
- Modern-day volatile political environment poses a serious threat to businesses worldwide. Therefore, business continuity planners must be careful not to concentrate on terrorist acts at the expense of other crisis scenarios. The paper examines that disaster recovery has always been a fashionable term in the business continuity field, but effective...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- 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
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