M7- IT5007PA Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

1. M7- IT5007PA Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Introduction to Business Continuity Planning

2. Importance of Data and value on business • BCP cycle and planning • BCP stages • BCP redundancy

3. Importance of Data • Data needs to be transformed into information • Information needs to be transformed into knowledge • Knowledge is very crucial to businesses as it provides direction for the business.

4. BCP Planning and Cycles • What is BCP • BC = activities to keep business running in the event of period of displacement or interruption of normal operation. • DR = process of rebuilding your operation or infrastructure after the disaster.

5. BCP Planning and Cycles • Why do we need BCP? • Preparation • Minimise disruption • Remain operational and competitive • No downtime • Data center management

6. BCP Planning and Cycles • Factors to consider for BCP. • Equipment failure • Power supply • Natural disasters • Malicious attack • Fire • Human error

7. BCP Planning and Cycles • Who does the BCP? • All levels must contribute to BCP

8. BCP Planning and Cycles • Where to carry out BCP? • Cold site • Hot site • Mutual Backup • Point in time replication • Continuous replication • Mirrored site

9. BCP Stages • BCP Stages • Project Initiation • Business Analysis • Design and Development • Implementation • Testing • Maintenance

10. BCP Stages • BCP Stages • Project Initiation • Define Business Continuity Objective and Scope of coverage. • Establish a Business Continuity Steering Committee. • Draw up Business Continuity Policies.

11. BCP Stages • BCP Stages • Business Analysis • - • Perform Risk Analysis and Business Impact Analysis. • - Consider Alternative Business Continuity Strategies. • - Carry out Cost-Benefit Analysis and select a Strategy. • - Develop a Business Continuity Budget.

12. BCP Stages • BCP Stages • Design and Development • Set up a Business Recovery Team and assign responsibility to the members. • Identify Plan Structure and major components • - Develop Backup and Recovery Strategies. • - Develop Scenario to Execute Plan. • - Develop Escalation, Notification and Plan Activation Criteria. • - Develop General Plan Administration Policy.

13. BCP Stages • BCP Stages • Implementation • - Prepare Emergency Response Procedures. • Prepare Command Center Activation Procedures. • Prepare Detailed Recovery Procedures. • - Prepare Vendors Contracts and Purchase of Recovery Resources. • - Ensure Recovery Team members know their Duties and Responsibilities.

14. BCP Stages • BCP Stages • Testing • Exercise Plan based on selected Scenario. • Produce Test Report and Evaluate the Result. • Provide Training and Awareness to all Personnel.

15. BCP Stages • BCP Stages • Maintenance • Review the Plan periodically. •  Distribute the Plan to Recovery Team members.

16. BCP Redundancy • Data Redundancy • Network Redundancy • Application Redundancy • See sample “2007 AT&T Business Continuity Study” for discussion. • See sample “Sample WAN Redundancy” for discussion.