Business Continuity: Ask This;

Business Continuity: Ask This;

TLDR: Ask This;

1. Does your organization have a plan or framework for business continuity management or Disaster Recovery management?

2. Does your organization have a documented information technology business continuity and Disaster Recovery program for your business?

3. Do you have an established business continuity management framework in place, including a defined Business Continuity Plan, business impact analysis, business recovery plan and Disaster Recovery plan?

4. In the event of COVID 19 related disruption, does the supplier have documented plans for business unit continuity and/or information technology Disaster Recovery (IT DR)?

5. Are you consistently getting data off site, and do you have both business continuity and Disaster Recovery plans in the event they should be required?

6. Do you have a Disaster Recovery plan (DRP) and your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for all systems and business processes supporting customer data?

7. Does your organization ensure that business impact assessment, business continuity and Disaster Recovery plans are produced for all mission critical information, applications, systems and networks?

8. What business continuity and data recovery plans are in place to ensure that service can be maintained in the case of a disaster or an emergency?

9. Has your organization customized its business continuity and Disaster Recovery plans or is a generic plan in place?

10. How can a Disaster Recovery system ensure business continuity to the maximum and make zero service interruption and zero data loss available?

11. What changes if anything regarding business continuity / Disaster Recovery processes or plans if the system is unavailable or data has been lost/corrupted?

12. Does your organizations Business Continuity Plan require each department or function to maintain written business continuity and/or Disaster Recovery plans?

13. What is the plan for Disaster Recovery and business continuity in case of an incident impacting your organizations assets and/or data?

14. Does your organization have a basic set of cyber resilience plans in place, including business continuity, communications, Disaster Recovery and incident response plans?

15. Is the system contingency plan coordinated with related plans, as the Disaster Recovery plan, the Business Continuity Plan, and the incident response plan?

16. Does the supplier have your business continuity and contingency planning process in place to ensure continuity of supply in the event of natural disaster or supply interruption?

17. Are your business continuity and Disaster Recovery programs subject to regular audits to ensure compliance with industry leading practice?

18. Does the fsp have your Business Continuity Plan and procedures in place to ensure that clients will be serviced if the business is terminated for any reason?

19. Have business continuity / Disaster Recovery plans and/or procedures been initialized and disseminated to relevant stakeholders?

20. Does your organization periodically review its disaster management and Business Continuity Plans and implement improvement measures if necessary?

21. How do you get started with business continuity Disaster Recovery planning in your area?

22. Does your organization know the disaster management and business continuity status of suppliers that supply its essential materials and parts?

23. Do you know if your material or equipment suppliers have the own emergency plan to ensure the business continuity if affected by an emergency?

24. How do you handle business continuity and Disaster Recovery in your business?

25. Should businesses leave Disaster Recovery and business continuity to IT departments, or is it better to bring in a specialist?

26. Do you have policies and procedures for information security, data privacy, business continuity management and incidence response and escalation?

27. Can people fill the gap to mitigate risk during technology failures and how should your organization view people as part of Disaster Recovery and business continuance process?

28. Does your organization have its own business continuity arrangements in place to deal with supply chain disruption?

29. Do you have your business continuity /recovery plan in the event of theft or fire and is all data and information backed up?

30. Does your organization have its own business continuity arrangements in place to deal with disruptions caused by cybersecurity incidents?

31. What is your stance on business continuity and Disaster Recovery, and what does your cloud service providers stance need to be?

32. Has management reviewed the adequacy of recovery team coverage for the disaster recovery and business continuation plan and the frequency of reviews?

33. Have business continuity been developed the context the established high level arrangements outlined in your organization counter disaster plan?

34. Does the cloud service provider have a Disaster Recovery plan in place to recover the applications and data that are running in the facility?

35. Does your organization have resilience, emergency, business continuity and escalation plans which have been formulated and tested with the appropriately trained staff?

36. Does your organization have adequate business continuity measures in place to cope with significant disruption to transport?

37. Management has reviewed the adequacy of recovery team coverage for the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuation plan and the frequency of corresponding reviews?

38. Has your organization developed emergency management plans to be able to ensure employee safety and business continuity in the event of a crisis or economic downturn?

39. Have offsite data backup, replication and storage solutions been tested and verified in the event of a major impact to business operations, continuity and recovery strategies?

40. How do organization leaders use climate related risk assessments to inform your organizations business continuity program, risk management systems and overall business strategy?

41. Does your organization have an up to date Disaster Recovery plan that sets out how it would deal with a major IT problem?

42. How does your organization formally test the effectiveness of its Business Continuity Plan on a periodic basis at least once a year and maintain evidence of that review?

43. Can management rely on your business continuity program if employees are unaware of response and recovery strategies?

44. What actions start the master Disaster Recovery plan (DRP), business recovery plan (brp), and emergency recovery plan (ERP)?

45. Do you need the ability to store your data offsite for business continuity and still have it appear to your systems as a local drive?

46. Do you have safety stock of essential raw materials to ensure business continuity for a certain period of time in case supplies are reduced or ceased temporarily?

47. Does the bcp include business continuity procedures that enable the trustee to meet immediate and long term recovery strategies?

48. Do you identify the competence requirements of the people under your organizations control who have an impact on its business continuity performance?

Organized by Key Themes: SECURITY, MANAGEMENT, RISK, CONTINUITY, OPERATIONS, DATA, DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, RECOVERY, ENTERPRISE:

SECURITY:

Does the business continuity plan include measures to isolate and identify product affected by a response to a crisis?

Work cross functionally with leadership and (internal) client teams to define and implement business impact assessments, coordinate and lead business continuity and disaster recovery tabletops and exercises, identify, and prioritize remediation, and track completion, partner with (internal) client team and functional leads to implement and maintain disaster recovery plans and metrics to ensure the security and integrity of (internal) client technology and data, and identify program improvements.?

Is there new technology that could improve the accessibility of information or provide a competitive advantage with the customer?

Lead information security initiatives that minimize risk and maximize compliance by facilitating assessments, managing audit fulfillment and remediation of risks, governing of business data and records, monitoring adherence to information security controls and compliance standards, supporting business continuity and disaster recovery compliance, leading specific security initiatives, and coaching and mentoring to improve information security awareness and standards.?

How do you conduct BCMS internal audits?

Liaison so that your team develops and enforces the organizations security policies and procedures, security awareness program, the information security portion of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and all industry and organization compliances issues.?

What can companies do until than to ensure business continuity and what are the measures to be taken to better navigate through difficult times?

Participate in the development and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans, to ensure that appropriate information technology security measures are addressed.?

Can outsourcing service providers meet requirements and contractual obligations in relation to service quality and reliability, security and business continuity?

Initiate maintains information systems security documentation, such as system security plans, risk assessments, disaster recovery plans, IT business continuity plans, and checklists to meet appropriate system and regulatory compliance.?

How do you know when your Disaster Recovery plan has been completely executed?

Ensure the development and implementation of Information Security and other IT related disasters that could impact business operations and an Incident Handling program, including a detailed Security, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Incident Response plan.?

Has your organization identified important internal resources or outside essential services that might create a bottleneck for business resumption efforts?

Be certain that your team performs risk assessments of corporate operating plan initiatives and maintains risk registers for enterprise level information security and business continuity risks and develops key risk indicators and continuously monitors identified risks.?

Is it necessary to recognize development unsuccessful, in case of deviations from the set parameters of development?

Develop information security policies, intrusion response procedures, business continuity an disaster recovery procedures, and risk analysis in the context of a complex security infrastructure.?

How can a small or mid sized organization leverage the ease of the disk to disk backup as part of a larger Disaster Recovery plan?

Develop/implement business continuity plans to ensure continuous service through infrastructure/systems changes, security breach or if disaster recovery plan is triggered.?

How do you plan to keep your BCP and contact lists updated?

Develop experience developing security documentation as Business Continuity Plan (BCP), Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), and other system plans.?

MANAGEMENT:

How is business changing its strategic priorities in the short, mid, and long term to address the potential change to norms?

Perform various other reviews of IT management policies and procedures such as change management, business continuity planning disaster recovery and information security to ensure that controls surrounding these processes are adequate.?

Have you assessed the maximum downtime for each process that your business can take without significant financial/operational losses?

Make headway so that your process works with management to develop and implement policies to provide a framework to ensure that business processes have appropriate business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place.?

How did the economy do during the financial meltdown, or whatever you want to call it, over the last couple of years?

Collaborate and consult with Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chief Information Officer (CIO) and firm management to ensure that robust security, disaster recovery and business continuity plans are in place and functional across all locations.?

Is your community interested and able to come together to meet regularly to shape and drive the recovery process?

Work with organization Business Continuity management to ensure that the Disaster Recovery (crisis management) and Business Continuity Plans drive disaster recovery (DR) strategy procedures.?

Does your organization have an emergency or disaster plan that specifically includes earthquake disaster response?

Make sure your workforce is involved in Business Continuity Management processes and best practices, which includes information technology infrastructure concepts, emergency planning concepts and disaster recovery concepts.?

Is there a managed process in place for developing and maintaining business continuity throughout your organization?

Check that your strategy is responsible for group risk management including compliance to people, regulators, finance and economic risks for business continuity while interacting with management at all levels and developing the annual risk management and audit plans including the team program and schedule.?

Have regular reviews and updates to the Business Continuity Plan been scheduled to ensure continuing effectiveness?

Develop and oversee effective disaster recovery plans to align with the enterprise business continuity management (BCM) program goals, with the realization that components supporting primary business processes have to be outside the corporate perimeter.?

Does your organization have resilience, emergency, business continuity and escalation plans which have been formulated and tested with the appropriately trained staff?

Interface so that your group directs staff and initiatives that support business continuity programs, to include incident management and crisis response; business continuity risk identification and analysis; development and oversight of business continuity strategies and plans; exercise and test development and implementation and governance.?

Does the regulated entity have an appropriate process to ensure effective monitoring and enforcement of policy compliance?

Review and challenge results of managements on-going monitoring of outsourcing relationships and services from an operational risk perspective (monitoring of outsourcers activities and performance, risk and control indicators, business continuity management and disaster recovery testing, on-going assessment of the outsourcers control environment).?

Does the planning tool require adoption of an approach to recovery planning that differs from methodologies used in other planning activities?

Make sure your operation partners with IT management and all business units to ensure the Business Continuity Program and the Disaster Recovery Program are appropriately aligned to obtain a unified and consistent approach to recovery in an unplanned event.?

RISK:

Does your current business continuity management strategy address long term resiliency, as well as short term survival?

Check that your strategy is working closely with the enterprise risk management leader for organizational resiliency, oversee the technology business continuity planning and testing activities to enhance the overall technology resiliency and disaster recovery capability.?

What is the form of connectivity or infrastructure transport that will be used to transport the data to the recovery site?

Secure that your team oversees information security, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, risk assessment, penetration and vulnerability testing, incident management and problem resolution.?

Do you have an incident response plan defining responsibilities and duties for containing damage and minimizing risks to your organization and customers?

Develop disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical processes and systems core to the organizations business operations in the event of a disruption with the goal of minimizing risk to your organization and its stakeholders.?

Are the current resources provided with sufficient resilience for the overall business to withstand the impacts of the scenario?

Partner with the Enterprise Risk Management to define standards and processes and provide subject-matter expertise to oversee vendor information security risk and periodic audits of third-party service providers information security and business continuity controls.?

Is our cyber response plan aligned to our business policies and procedures e.g. Business Continuity Plan and privacy policies?

Collaborate with the Chief Risk Officer to ensure that the enterprise wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan is aligned with organization objectives and regulatory guidelines.?

Do you have staff members with specialized training and/or skills (i.e. first aid, cpr, search and rescue, etc.)?

Invest in planning and executing activities related to risk, control, compliance and internal audit (internal) client engagements in the following areas: T strategy and governance, IT operations, business continuity and disaster recovery, network and infrastructure security, cybersecurity, cloud and third parties, data management and analytics, emerging technology and digital solutions, automation (robotics, cognitive, etc.?

Is there a process to facilitate review and critique of all test scripts by a qualified BCP practitioner prior to conducting the test?

Establish IT Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) testing methodologies and lead regular IT DR and BCP exercises in partnership with the Risk Management function.?

How do you currently justify the cost for investments in operational risk controls?

Invest in the development and maintenance of risk aware procedures, as well as disaster recovery and business continuity plans for Technology Services.?

Is the senior leader, regularly reporting the progress of the cybersecurity strategy and risk profile to the board?

Lead coordination of efforts during and after a continuity or disruption event, Coordinate with Security Operations on Incident Response where it affects business operations, Emergency alerting and communication plan, Plans compliant with applicable laws, regulations and contractual (internal) client requirements, Related policies and practices, risk assessment, monitoring, controls, metrics and dashboard reporting, Awareness training for end users on business continuity, Client-driven due diligence materials, Baseline physical security parameters, in all operating locations, Exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, including physical penetration testing, Related policies and practices, risk assessment, monitoring, controls, metrics and dashboard reporting, Awareness training for end users on physical safety and security.?

Have you implemented a consultation and communication process that ensures your organization gives out a consistent message in a crisis?

Make sure the Manager, Risk and BC, ensures that current business continuity and disaster recovery goals of your organization are met while planning for additional resilience in the future.?

CONTINUITY:

How do you feel like people after the bringing and implementation of individual decisions with ethical connotation?

Confirm that your strategy collaborates across the organization to design and implement business continuity and disaster recovery strategy and plans to ensure the availability, security, and integrity of organization data, databases, information systems, and technology.?

Will your plan provide you enough guidance during the stressful aftermath of an emergency, disaster, or disruption to get the business up and running again?

Ensure your design establishes policies, standards, practices, and security measures to ensure effective and consistent information processing operations and to safeguard information resources, including a Business Continuity Plan and a Disaster Recovery Plan.?

Do you have a formal intrusion detection program, other than basic logging, for monitoring host and/or network activity?

Be confident that your group manages technological security including monitoring access to network and data and ensuring compliance with organizational IT security policy, maintaining Disaster Recovery Plan that aligns with Business Continuity Plan and monitoring security administration for the organization.?

Is clear guidelines communicated to users on the part in ensuring good security, particularly in the selection and use of passwords and the protection of unattended equipment?

Be certain that your staff collaborates extensively with all Company operations, synthesizing information gathered business continuity and response plans and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and overall Risk Management requirements.?

Does your current recovery solution embrace your entire technology environment, regardless of platform, operating system, and other variables?

Develop the (internal) clients intelligence program; management of the enterprise to complement security operations; development of all program materials, standard operating procedures, and training protocols; flagging information as pertinent to the business continuity of the organization and determining notification hierarchy.?

Does the bcp clearly identify who is responsible for what in developing, monitoring, maintaining and executing the plan?

Guarantee your company has involvement with risk evaluation and control, business impact analysis, business continuity strategy development, emergency response and operations, developing and implementing business continuity plans, developing technology and business process recovery strategies.?

Are the effectiveness and adequacy of the Business Continuity Plans tested and reviewed on a regular/event driven basis?

Collaborate with Business Continuity team to ensure that the disaster recovery and business continuity plans drive disaster recovery (DR) strategy and procedures.?

How does your organization review key vendor planning for business continuity compliance with industry best practices?

Lead the development and implementation of an integrated testing strategy that incorporates people, processes and technology; and support functions in the performance of annual testing exercises and other processes designed to ensure the sustainability of business continuity management practices.?

Does your existing program account for offices and/or facilities outside your current office location under your direction and management?

Provide tactical and strategic planning and direction for the Business Continuity team; continually govern through the Business Continuity Program policy, scope, goals, and objectives; develop detailed work plans and status reports; conduct team meetings, review team deliverables, manage execution of team plans; ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.?

How does your organization formally test the effectiveness of its Business Continuity Plan on a periodic basis at least once a year and maintain evidence of that review?

Ensure IT data security, risk management, disaster recovery and business continuity planning processes are in place and receive regular review for currency and adequacy.?

OPERATIONS:

Have methods to mitigate the risks identified in the business impact analysis and risk assessment been identified?

Ensure your staff defines and implements business continuity protocols, disaster recovery strategy plans, and IT processes and procedures to minimize disruption to business operations in the event of emergency situations or data loss, assess points of failure in the infrastructure, and develops plans and implements actions to mitigate risks.?

Does your organization have agreements in place with local and/or state emergency response entities regarding cybersecurity measures?

Confirm that your organization oversees and establishes cybersecurity mitigation measures, disaster recovery and business continuity operations policies and processes for headquarters and overseas.?

Is your business continuity strategy incorporated into your business processes and across your workforce with your customers, partners and suppliers, in an effective manner?

Partner with leadership for planning and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery to ensure safe and continuous operations.?

Has the provider adopted a comprehensive Disaster Recovery policy that can be produced upon request for review by customer?

Secure that your design acts as a champion for business continuity to ensure there is no failure in business operations based on strong, tested recovery plans.?

How do you create backups for Disaster Recovery?

Develop experience managing and organizing 24/7 operations team for business continuity of critical services and adherence to compliance requirements and specification.?

Has your reconstructed financial records given you the necessary information and evidence to be able to complete corresponding returns?

Ensure you combine your involvement, expertise and unique training to ensure your (internal) clients are able to operate securely and can respond accordingly to ensure business continuity with minimal impact to their operations, staff, partners or (internal) clients.?

What, if any, exceptions exist for Disaster Recovery, evaluation, installation, test/development, and migration activities?

Make sure your design is responsible for coordinating support of all IT related activities and initiatives at large or multiple business sites hosting the application suite that supports the business group (Operations).?

What are the skills needed to manage the communication and staff development activities relating to business continuity risk and vulnerability assessment?

Develop experience implementing best industry standards for an enterprise level environment to ensure smooth and reliable business operations.?

How can the enterprise adapt and facilitate a mobile workforce without losing control of content storage, security and business continuity?

Make sure your staff collaborates with the other Centers of Excellence, HR Business Partners, and HR Operations to support and facilitate the timing and execution of HR activities in the field.?

What are the business continuity, data security and compliance risks you are exposed to and what needs to be done to mitigate that?

Make sure your team prepares divisional and/or organization wide risk assessment, continuity of operations and financial integrity documentation to mitigate liability and vulnerability of your organization.?

DATA:

How do you communicate your plan to customers and employees?

Warrant that your organization coordinates Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Incident Response planning to ensure effective protection and recovery of information services, organization data and business operations.?

How do you monitor and support a remote workforce?

Secure that your group architects, installs, and maintains data backup and disaster recovery technical processes in support of overall business continuity strategy.?

How do you react to the results of a risk assessment?

Assure your staff supports the development of business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) strategies by working closely with department leaders and providing data center insight and expertise.?

How do you develop your organization contingency plan and who should be involved?

Interface so that your organization is involved in data protection, business continuity and disaster recovery options, configuration and execution.?

How do you make changes while maintaining your organizations secure posture?

Define strong knowledge and involvement of Change management and regulatory compliance requirements impacting IT and HR including, SOX, Data Privacy, and Business Continuity planning.?

How do you minimize loss in case of an incident?

Ensure implementation of business continuity protocols to minimize disruption to business operations in the event of emergency situations or data loss and oversee security of systems, networks, and enterprise information.?

Does the cfa have a plan in place for recruiting additional staff as needed throughout the balance of the cfa contract?

Confirm that your organization coordinates updates to the business continuity plan and Data Sharing Plans with interfacing technology partners.?

How would you design and operate one of the largest web sites in the world with the goal of world class availability and awesome resiliency?

Establish that your strategy work with business units and technical teams to test for continuity and recovery of critical assets and data required to operate the business.?

Does the change warrant an update to recovery plans and/or a new test to validate that strategies and plans remain viable and are aligned with recovery requirements?

Liaison so that your process ensures processes are in place for IT data security, risk management, disaster recovery and business continuity, and that such processes are reviewed regularly to remain current and comprehensive.?

Do you have your insurance organizations details to hand so that contact may be made as soon as possible after a crisis?

Build processes to ensure your organization continually reviews historical data to identify process improvements that ensure an improved IT Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery posture.?

DEVELOPMENT:

How do you get the code on the web server?

Partner with other IT managers and staff in the development and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans, processes and support systems; participates in the development and implementation of agency-wide information technology policies and service-level standards.?

What steps have been taken to minimize the exposure of key personnel, and critical business and IT operations, to major crises?

Lead in the development, implementation, testing, and monitoring of business continuity and disaster recovery plans to minimize disruption to business operations in the event of emergency situations, breach, or data loss.?

Which must system and database administrators be aware of and apply when configuring systems used for storing personal employee data?

Provide leadership and strategy for Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) program Plan, build, run, and manage enterprise-wide BC and DR including strategies, plan development, plan exercising, and manage related IT budgets (capital and operational), annual program agendas, and recovery improvement metrics.?

Has your organization identified which businesses should be given top priority for the recovery and resumption of operations?

Check that your operation is responsible for business continuity program goals, inclusive of the development and reporting against metrics and key risk and performance indicators, meant to provide early warnings of potential existing and emerging operational risks and supports continuous program improvement.?

Are criteria for developing business continuity and operational resiliency strategies and capabilities established based on business disruption and risk impacts?

Make sure the BC-DR Analyst is responsible for assisting in the development of the BC-DR vision and strategy as well as developing methodologies for the assessment of business continuity and disaster recovery throughout the organization.?

Which data and reports are produced and verified during tests of the business continuity or Disaster Recovery plans?

Develop experience planning and conducting training and exercises in support of business continuity and crisis response plans including exercise design and development with a focus on exercise objectives, expected actions and after-action reports.?

Do you provide business continuity, workload mobility, and Disaster Recovery for your unique mix of applications, with lower infrastructure costs and less complexity for your operations teams?

Lead and guide the functional team to perform business impact analysis and risk assessments, and to proactively provide input into the development of continuity strategies.?

Are all components of the Business Continuity Plan reviewed at least annually and updated as needed to reflect change?

Make sure your workforce oversees a team serving as the primary point of contact for the enterprise related to the development and execution of the annual Business Continuity Plan review.?

How do you use data/information analysis to provide effective support for decisionmaking?

Participate in the development of a Contingency/Business Continuity Plan to support back up plans for business operations in the event of a disaster/emergency.?

Has your organization/department/ office carried out or participated in any earthquake drills or exercises for your own personnel?

Participate and influence the vision, development, communication, and management of Business Continuity Program enterprise standards, processes, and specifications.?

TECHNOLOGY:

How do you plan to service clients, deliver products and services, and perform daily operational functions as invoicing?

Be confident that your operation monitors Information Technology recovery work efforts to ensure alignment between Business Continuity Plan and IT Disaster Recovery Plan.?

What have been the economic impacts, including costs and benefits, of creating, maintaining or updating your Business Continuity Plan?

Secure that your organization is developing and implementing your organization information technology business continuity plan, including disaster recovery and emergency access to electronic health records.?

Is there an individual or team responsible to routinely ensure the alternate processing facility has the necessary hardware, supplies, and documentation to resume processing?

Verify that your operation is responsible for backup and disaster recovery capability for User Experience technology products to ensure business continuity and consistency with other business recovery plans.?

What – exactly – needs to happen to transform business continuity management to prevent chaos and orchestrate resiliency?

Interface collaborate with Enterprise Business Resiliency, Enterprise Architecture, Risk and Control, Infrastructure and Application teams driving requirements, developing materials, building an action plan and execute, while reporting directly into Technology Continuity and Resiliency Strategy Leader.?

How do you verify a private security organizations business continuity?

Ensure strong involvement in technology resilience and disaster recovery, business continuity and business impact analysis with large scale technical initiatives, as data center migrations.?

Will your organization be responsible for providing necessary hardware redundancies for its desired level of Disaster Recovery?

Secure that your workforce is responsible for setting business continuity and information security strategic objectives and direction for all technology platforms across all business units.?

What were the biggest challenges you faced when recovering from your most recent disaster or major business disruption?

Make sure your operation develops and administers a comprehensive Technology Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovering Testing Strategy.?

Does your organization have its own business continuity arrangements in place to deal with disruptions caused by cybersecurity incidents?

Oversee that your group facilitates the processes necessary to ensure that you have effective business continuity to overcome physical, operational, or technology disruptions.?

How is archival of data accomplished to facilitate efficient use of storage versus legal requirements and solution performance?

Plan and facilitate testing of your business continuity, incident response, and disaster recovery plans with appropriate business and technology stakeholders.?

What alternatives to your organizations regular way of doing business have been developed to ensure the resiliency of its most critical data, systems, business functions, services and processes?

Confirm that your process acts as a primary liaison and consultant to the program and (internal) clients to influence the implementation of products and services to mitigate risk or facilitate use of technology-based tools and methods for improving business resiliency.?

RECOVERY:

Do all employees responsible for the execution of the BCP/DRP receive ongoing training in Disaster Recovery and Emergency Management?

Confirm that your organization provides leadership across departments to the Managers and professional staff in support of Business Continuity (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP).?

Should all functions be supported equally or should attention be focused only on key business units as customer service?

Work with IS and Business Continuity teams to ensure that the disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) plans support disaster recovery strategy and procedures.?

How do you incorporate the addition of new services or a reduction of services?

Establish that your group performs assessments for both internal functions and vendor controls that address the specific business continuity and disaster recovery risks and incorporate into the overall IT and enterprise risk ratings and architecture.?

Does your organization manage business continuity and resiliency risk when third parties are providing the parts and supplies necessary to operate business as usual?

Collaborate with Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) professionals organization wide before, during and after resiliency tests and exercises to ensure resiliency of your organization.?

Will a designated team really be able to perform with the speed and efficiency foreseen within the plan when close colleagues have been fatally injured in your organizations disaster?

Assure your process coordinates annual review and update of the Enterprises contingency plans, including Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), Business Continuity Plan (BCP), and Incident Response Plan (IRP).?

Have policies and procedures been updated and communicated to ensure standard, normal and emergency configuration and change management practices are properly vetted and approved?

Liaison so that your organization participates in the creation, update and ongoing testing of business continuity and disaster recovery planning and preparation.?

How do you enable business continuity, assuming an operational interruption has already occurred?

Oversee that your group manages all aspects of the Disaster Recovery Program including the development, implementation, testing and maintenance of departmental and corporate Disaster Recovery and/or Business Continuity Plans.?

Are there guidelines and practices you can modify or put in place to curtail direct contact with the public if necessary?

Develop, implement, maintain, and oversee enforcement of policies, procedures and associated plans for disaster recovery administration and business continuity based on industry-standard best practices.?

What will be your organizations goal and objectives for assisting local government in planning and managing recovery?

Respond to emergency system outages in accordance with business continuity and disaster recovery plans, assisting other departments with priority.?

How do you integrate facilities management with security for more effective incident management?

Warrant that your design collaborates with Business Continuity and application owner professionals to insure disaster recovery documentation is compliant to corporate standards.?

ENTERPRISE:

Hardware and software is the recovery site equipped with the precise computer hardware and software that your organization needs to continue operations?

Oversee the enterprise-wide Business Continuity program and staff to ensure appropriate oversight of the design, development, maintenance, and testing of disaster recovery and business resumption plans for each critical functional area.?

Does your organization implement and maintain processes for updating, reviewing and testing incident response and Business Continuity Plans that address cyber threats involving extortion?

Make headway so that your strategy is developing, updating, and Implementing emergency preparedness programs and procedures to ensure the effective, efficient, and successful business continuity process for the enterprise.?

Does your organization have a process in place to encourage and support the engagement and inclusion of all people impacted by a disaster?

Make sure your operation is responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of all third party and internally managed IT infrastructure used to support business process and services across the enterprise.?

Which is important when thinking about being able to quickly launch resources in AWS to ensure business continuity in case of a disaster?

Check that your operation is responsible for the teams who develop business requirements, coordinates with enterprise architects enterprise, solution, information.?

Is it acceptable to have all of your inventory in one location or should there be multiple facilities for business continuity purposes?

Ensure your core competencies are in the areas of enterprise storage; comprehensive network solutions; business continuity; and procurement of new and refurbished servers, storage and networking gear.?

What would you do to ensure a rapid recovery takes place in regard to establishing temporary processes needed to support customer requests and maintain critical support from suppliers?

Certify your design performs analysis of Enterprise Resilience program standards against industry best practice to support continuous improvement.?

Has management reviewed the adequacy of recovery team coverage for the disaster recovery and business continuation plan and the frequency of reviews?

Perform project design review, sizing and compatibility assessments to ensure the availability, reliability, integrity, and efficient operation of the enterprise IT architecture is sustained.?

Has your organizations staff, responsible for Disaster Recovery continuity plans, been trained in the procedures to be followed in case of an incident or disaster?

Guarantee your organization is responsible for overall enterprise wide framework and methodology, awareness, training, liaison with external departments and emergency response organizations.?

Do you assess the likelihood of the business disruption; the key question is: if the natural hazard occurs, how probable is that it will develop into business disruptions?

Ensure you are an essential leader of a broad strategy to provide service excellence to a content creation enterprise undergoing rapid transformation.?

How is archival of data accomplished to facilitate efficient use of storage versus legal requirements and solution performance?

Make sure the primary responsibility of the Architect IT Software is to review project concepts and proposals and develop appropriate technical designs to facilitate integration into the enterprise architecture.