SEC 6010 Planning for Information Security

(WU-SEC6010.AU1)
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1

Introduction to Business Continuity

  • What Is Business Continuity Management?
  • How Is Business Continuity Implemented?
  • Criticality
  • Severity Levels
  • Scenarios and Risks
  • The Five Possible Outcome Scenarios
  • The Importance of Time
  • Who Does What?
  • When Do You Do BCM?
  • Standards
  • BCM vs. Disaster Recovery
  • Understand What’s Critical
  • Completing a BIA
  • Analyzing the BIA
  • Risk Analysis
  • Residual Risk
2

Planning for Business Continuity

  • What a Business Continuity Plan Should Include
  • Essential Ingredients of a BCP
  • Structuring Your BCP
  • Identify What Will Trigger Your BCP
  • Create Battle Boxes and Grab Bags
  • Create a One-Page Wallet Plan
  • Mitigate Risk
  • Identify Roles
  • Have Accountable Managers Approve Plans
  • What Is DR?
  • Risks and Issues Associated with DR
  • DR Solutions for IT
  • Basic DR Concepts and Technology
  • DR Roles and Responsibilities
  • DR and Projects
  • Documenting DR Risks
  • Preparing a DR Business Case
  • Undertake a DR Project
  • The Change Process
  • Get DR Going Live
  • What Does Business Recovery Involve?
  • Understand Resilient Functions
  • Understand Recoverable Functions
  • Employ Manual Workarounds
  • Size Your Solution
  • Business Recovery Options
  • Remediation: Identify Gaps in the Plan
  • Prepare a Business Continuity Business Case
  • Criticality Levels
  • Roles and Responsibility Matrix
  • Suggested Business Continuity Management Timetable
  • Continuity Assessment Questionnaire
  • Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire
  • General Information: Function name:
  • Critical Activities
  • Internal Dependencies
  • External Dependencies
  • Systems Dependencies
  • Manual Workarounds
  • Work Transfer
  • Desktop Profile
  • Staff Recovery Profile
  • Recovery Strategy
  • Additional Requirements
  • Business Continuity Management Standards
  • Severity Levels
  • Mapping Severity Levels to Criticalities
3

Supply Chain, Education and Awareness, Governance and Reporting

  • Have a Plan in Place
  • Assessing Third-Party Risk
  • Business Continuity and Contracts
  • Selecting Business Continuity Suppliers
  • Demand Good Service
  • The Point of Education
  • Education and Awareness Program
  • What Are Your Needs?
  • Measuring Education and Awareness
  • Create a Policy
  • Set Standards and Create Processes
  • Assign Steering and Management Accountability
  • Assess Maturity Annually
  • Manage Information
  • Audit Plans and Actions Regularly
4

Testing your Continuity

  • Why Test?
  • You Must Be a Realist
  • What Testing Proves
  • Types of Testing
  • Testing Scenarios
  • Conduct Desktop Walkthrough Exercises
  • Leveraging Scenarios
  • Apply Basic Project Management Tools to Disaster Recovery Tests
  • Assign Disaster Recovery Testing Roles and Responsibilities
  • Use Scenario-Based Disaster Recovery Testing
  • Plan DR Tests Well
  • Engage Management in the Disaster Recovery Test
  • Provide the Right Resources
  • Manage Test Risk
  • Report Results Quickly
  • Useful Resources and Contacts
  • Business Continuity Organizations
  • Business Continuity Standards
  • National, Regional, Government, and Law
  • Financial Services and Insurance
  • Emergency Planning
  • Fire and Flood
  • Publications, Websites, White Papers, and Guidance
  • Basic Business Continuity Plan Template
  • Key Contacts
  • Useful Numbers
  • Escalation Process
  • Initial Response Checklist
  • Day 0 Action Plan
  • Critical Activities List
  • Critical Systems List
  • Work Transfer List
  • Recovery Profile
  • Additional Equipment List
  • Call Cascade
  • Contingency Site Details
  • Assembly Point Details
5

Managing the Disaster

  • Apply Basic Project Management Tools to Work Area Recovery Tests
  • Assign Work Area Recovery Testing Roles and Responsibilities
  • Observation Roles and Responsibilities for Work Area Recovery Tests
  • Use Scenario-Based Testing for Work Area Recovery
  • Engage Management in Work Area Recovery Tests
  • Engage Users in Work Area Recovery Testing
  • Provide the Right Resources
  • Manage Test Risks
  • Report Results Quickly
  • Closing a Work Area Recovery Test
  • Identification and Notification
  • Triage
  • Command and Control
  • Records
  • Postmortem
  • Responding to Different Scenarios
6

Maintenance and Execute the Plan

  • Never Forget: Disaster Recovery Is an Essential Function
  • Review Change Management Processes and Controls
  • Identify Events that Trigger Business Continuity Management Reviews
  • Maintain Your Business Continuity Plan
  • Business Recovery Solution Maintenance
  • Maintain Your Information Technology Disaster Recovery Solution
  • Maintain Your Crisis Management Plan
  • Maintain Your Policies
  • Understanding the Different Planning Scenarios
  • Consider the Ongoing Risks
  • Planning the Return to Normal
  • Maintaining Command and Control
7

Crisis Management Exercising: Things You Need to Know About Exercising

  • Key Elements in Crisis Management Exercises
  • Choose a Meaningful Crisis Scenario
  • People Need a Successful Outcome
  • Developing the Crisis Management Team
  • Improving the Crisis Management Process
  • Make Sure Exercise Materials Are Appropriate
  • Employ Quality Inputs to the Exercise
  • Use Timeouts
  • Engage Management
  • Rotate Participants
  • Conduct Crisis Exercises Frequently
  • Report Frequently and Accurately
  • Exercise Roles and Responsibilities
  • Closing a Crisis Exercise

1

Introduction to Business Continuity

  • Implementing Business Continuity Management at FinSecure Bank
  • Managing Business Disruptions at FinSecure Bank
  • Conducting BIA (Business Impact Analysis) at GlobalTrust Insurance
  • Collaborating in a Business Meet-Up
2

Planning for Business Continuity

  • Structuring and Implementing Business Continuity Plans
  • Navigating Disaster Recovery: Risks, Challenges, and Solutions
  • Configuring Disk Mirroring
  • Taking an Incremental Backup
  • Taking a Full Backup
  • Discussing IT Disaster Recovery Strategies
  • Discussing Effective Business Recovery Strategies
3

Supply Chain, Education and Awareness, Governance and Reporting

  • Ensuring Supply Chain Continuity in a Crisis
  • Discussing Service Partner Selection and Ensuring Proper Delivery
  • Training Campaign on Education and Awareness for Disaster Preparedness
  • Discussing Governance and Reporting for Business Continuity
4

Testing your Continuity

  • Understanding Common Mistakes in Disaster Recovery Testing
  • Discussion on IT Disaster Recovery Testing
5

Managing the Disaster

  • Discussing Work Area Recovery Testing
  • Discussing Business Continuity Plans
6

Maintenance and Execute the Plan

  • Preparing for the Disaster Recovery Viva
  • Ensuring a Smooth Transition Back to Normal Operations
7

Crisis Management Exercising: Things You Need to Know About Exercising

  • Conducting Crisis Management Exercises Conference

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