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Disaster Plan Key to Success for CIOs and IT Managers
ISO 27000, SOX, PCI-DSS & HIPAA Compliant
The Disaster Plan is the standard that meets all compliance objectives.
Janco's DRP Template can be used for any size of enterprise. The Disaster Recovery template and supporting material have been updated to be Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA compliant. The template comes as both a Word document and a static fully indexed PDF document and includes:
- DRP and BCP Template
- Business and IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Work Plan
- DR / BC Audit Program
- Pandemic Planning Checklist
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Standard Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program - Compliant with ISO 27031 and ISO 22301
- Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description
- Manager Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Job Description
- Application Inventory and Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Incident Communication Plan and Policy with BEST PRACTICES for
- News Conferences
- Media Relations
- Social Network Checklist
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Included with the template are Electronic Forms which have been designed to lower the cost of maintenance of the plan. Electonic Forms that can be emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- LAN Inventory
- Location Contact Numbers
- Off-Site Inventory
- Personnel Locations
- Plan Distribution
- Remote Location Contact Information
- Team Call List
- Vendor Contact Information
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Premium Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- 15 Full Job Descriptions (WORD)
- Chief Information Officer
- Chief Security Officer
- Chief Compliance Officer
- VP Strategy and Architecture
- Director Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Director e-Commerce
- Director Media Communications
- Manager Disaster Recovery
- Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Disaster Recovery Coordinator
- Disaster Recovery - Special Projects Supervisor
- Manager Database
- Capacity Planning Supervisor
- Manager Media Library Suppor
- Manager Site Management
- Pandemic Coordinator
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Gold Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- 243 IT Job Descriptions (WORD) including all of the job descriptions contained in the Premium edition
Disaster Reovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Standard Edition Includes
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template in MS WORD format
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program
- Security Manual Template in MS WORD format
- Business and IT Impact Questiononaire - 21 pages
- Threat and Vulnerability Assessment Form
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Premium
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- Security Manual Template (Word)
- 25 Full Job Descriptions
- Chief Information Officer (CIO); Chief Compliance Officer (CCO); Chief Security Officer (CSO);VP Strategy and Architecture; Director e-Commerce; Database Administrator; Data Security Administrator; Manager Data Security; Manager Database; Manager Disaster Recovery; Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity; Pandemic Coordinator; Manager Facilities and Equipment; Manager Media Library Support; Manager Network and Computing Services; Manager Network Services; Manager Site Management; Manager Training and Documentation; Manager Voice and Data Communication; Manager Wireless Systems;Capacity Planning Supervisor; Disaster Recovery Coordinator; Disaster Recovery - Special Projects Supervisor; Network Security Analyst; System Administrator - Unix; System Administrator - Windows
Disaster Recovery Business Continuity & Security Manual Templates Gold Edition
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Template (WORD)
- Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Audit Program - Compliant with ISO 27031 and ISO 22301
- Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description
- Manager Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Job Description
- Application Inventory and Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
- Incident Communication Plan and Policy with BEST PRACTICES for
- News Conferences
- Media Relations
- Social Network Checklist
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Included with the template are Electronic Forms which have been designed to lower the cost of maintenance of the plan. Electonic Forms that can be emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- LAN Inventory
- Location Contact Numbers
- Off-Site Inventory
- Personnel Locations
- Plan Distribution
- Remote Location Contact Information
- Team Call List
- Vendor Contact Information
- HIPAA Audit Program
- ISO 2700 Security Audit
- Business and IT Impact Questionnaire
- Threat and Vulnerability Assessment Tool
- Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Checklist
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Electronic forms that can be Emailed, completed via a computer or tablet, and stored electronically including:
- Blog Policy Compliance
- Company Asset Employee Control Log
- Email - Employee Acknowledgment
- Employee Termination Checklist
- Internet Access Request
- Internet Use Approval
- Internet & Electronic Communication - Employee Acknowledgment
- Mobile Device Access and Use Agreement
- Employee Security Acknowledgement Release
- Preliminary Security Audit Checklist
- Security Access Application
- Security Audit Report
- Security Violation Reporting
- Sensitive Information Policy Compliance Agreement
More on Disaster Plans
Can you use the cloud for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity?
February 2nd, 2012
In December 2010 Google launched Message Continuity, a new cloud-based disaster recovery and business continuity service for Microsoft Exchange. A year later, Google has announced the end of that service, leaving many organizations with the task of finding an alternative Microsoft Exchange business continuity service.
While the vendor said that existing contracts will continue to be serviced until their renewal date, for some early adopters of this service will only have a few weeks, or even days, to find an alternative solution.
This raises a warning flag about the wisdom of relying on the public cloud companies for any services which may be critical to your day-to-day activities; or for business continuity.
The cloud brings many new solutions for disaster recovery and business continuity: but buyer beware has never been more crucial. Service level agreements only apply if your supplier is in business; and there is certainly no requirement for suppliers to provide any support or service once a contract expires.
After this termination of service can you trust Google or any other vendor to host a mission-critical service?
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Core disaster recovery planning questions
January 20th, 2012
Whether your business is a one-man operation or it employs a thousand people, the starting point is the same: identify the processes critical to your success. To do this, you should first define what critical means in your business. Rank each process according to that definition, and then ask how long can your business survive without it, who performs it, and what IT resources support it.
Questions you can ask:
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- Can you simply not survive without this process? This should be your primary priority. Your business continuity plan must protect all primary priorities when a disaster strikes.
- Can you survive only a day or two without it? This should be a secondary priority. Your business continuity plan should address all secondary priorities after primary priorities are handled.
- Can you survive a week or more without it? Add it to your list of low priorities.
Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption
January 7th, 2012
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BS 25999 defines the maximum tolerable period of disruption (MTPD) as :the duration after which an organization's viability will be irreparably damaged if delivery of a particular product or service cannot be resumed". It advises companies to " assess over time the impacts if the activity is disrupted" and " establish the MTPD of each activity". It instructs us to identify the latest time by which an activity must be resumed, establish the minimum level to which resumption must be achieved, and set the time within which normal activity levels must be restored. It says companies should " identify any inter-dependent activities, assets, supporting infrastructure or resources that also have to be maintained"
Disaster Preparedness equals risk, resilience and effective disaster recovery planning
December 14th, 2011
Most people who are involved in emergency management are aware of the four primary phases of emergency management: prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
Recovery includes short-term measures taken to restore essential functions and systems, as well as longer-term activities intended to facilitate a return to pre-emergency conditions, or ideally to improve conditions through mitigation measures.
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Importance of data recovery for mid-sized companies
November 5th, 2011
Identifying the right tools for data recovery in the disaster recovery and business continuity processes is extremely important to the success and continuity of middle‐sized organizations. These tools need to be integrated without requiring an expensive and disruptive overhaul of existing IT infrastructure, and without adding to or demanding more of IT staff.
One key to this is to build on existing data storage and protection equipment. Tape is the best option when expanding on existing processes, because tape is a medium that is affordable.
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