| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Artech House technology management and professional development library
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Artech House technology management and professional development library.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Current Standards and Literature -- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery -- Gap Analysis -- Integration of the Organization -- Business and IT -- Health and Safety -- Security -- Terrorism -- Finance and Motivation -- Insuring for Disaster -- Approach -- Key Components of Operation -- Events and Event Responses -- Facets of Business Continuity -- Legacy Approach -- Continuity Across the Organization -- Methodology -- Offensive Stream -- Defensive Stream -- Maturity Model -- Achievement and Quality Assurance -- Knowledge Transfer and Resource Management -- Team Blending -- Apprenticeship Method -- Communication -- Problem Solving and Root Cause -- Level 1: Rationalization -- Organizational Positioning -- Team Structure -- Roles and Responsibilities -- Resourcing -- Management Tools -- Security and Safety -- Level 2: Risk Reduction -- Vulnerability Analysis -- Corrective and Preventative Action -- Risk Identification -- Risk Mitigation -- Security and Safety -- Level 3: Rating -- Business Impact Assessment -- Criticality Rating -- Quantitative Analysis -- Risk Rating -- Security and Safety -- Level 4: Rigor -- Change and Configuration Management -- Configuration or Change? -- Hardware Versus Software Configuration Management -- When Do We Need Configuration Management? -- Key Benefits of Configuration Management -- Functional Areas of Configuration Management -- Contingency Planning -- Crisis Management -- Design Assurance -- Backup and Tape Management -- Security and Safety -- Resource Vetting. |
| Summary |
Here's a groundbreaking book that offers you a powerful new methodology for business continuity management - an approach designed to bind and enhance risk management, disaster prevention, and disaster recovery efforts to an optimum level of efficiency. This unique resource features a start-to-finish quantitative framework to assess, improve, and benchmark your organization's business continuity capabilities in response to potential terrorist acts, hackers, natural disasters, and other business-threatening events or errors. The book's seven-level capability model guides you through every step i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crisis management.
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Crisis management. |
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Emergency management.
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Emergency management. |
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Business planning.
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Business planning. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McCrackan, Andrew. Practical guide to business continuity assurance. Boston : Artech House, ©2005 1580539270 (DLC) 2004057412 (OCoLC)56517843 |
| ISBN |
1580539289 (electronic book) |
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9781580539289 (electronic book) |
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1580539270 (alkaline paper) |
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9781580539272 (alkaline paper) |
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