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Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool. Introductory Comments EDUCAUSE eLive Presentation February 27, 2007. Introduction Agenda. Objectives and Format of Today’s Session Why a Business Continuity Planning Tool?. Objective of Today’s Session. Today we’ll cover:

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Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

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  1. Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool Introductory Comments EDUCAUSE eLive Presentation February 27, 2007

  2. Introduction Agenda • Objectives and Format of Today’s Session • Why a Business Continuity Planning Tool? Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

  3. Objective of Today’s Session • Today we’ll cover: • The selection process for choosing a BCP Tool • Important criteria in selecting a BCP Tool • Lessons learned from past selections • Today is NOT about: • Pros and Cons of specific vendors or tools • Discussion of tool deployment process (this may come later) Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

  4. Format of Today’s Session • Overview and Background (this presentation) • Tool Selection Process Experiences • Katina Blue, CBCP Director of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, North Carolina State University • Betty Hawkins, CBCP, SSCP Senior Project Manager, University of South Carolina Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

  5. Assumptions • Throughout the presentations today, we make the assumption that you’re familiar with the following concepts • Business Continuity (BC) vs. Disaster Recovery (DR) • Incident vs. Disaster • Table Top Exercise • Hot Site Rehearsal • Recovery Time Objective (RTO) • Recovery Point Objective (RPO) • Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

  6. Business Continuity Planning in Higher Ed • There may be a “silo” approach • Lack of a consistent planning approach across departments • The plans may not be maintained consistently Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

  7. Why Use a BCP Tool? • Provide a common platform for use across the enterprise • Use a standardized approach to continuity planning • Provide structure and guidance to the planning process • Integrate Business Continuity Planning, Emergency Response Planning, and Disaster Recovery Planning Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

  8. High Level Considerations • Ease of Use • Flexibility to meet the needs of individual schools and departments • Ability to integrate with existing systems and other business continuity planning and event management tools • Decide whether to choose “hosted” option or run in-house Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

  9. What Questions Do You Have? • What questions do you have before we turn to our first panelist? Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Tool

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