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BUSINESS RESUMPTION PLANNING, SECOND EDITION
by Leo A. Wrobel

- Provides information designed to help minimize the cost of Business Resumption
Planning without sacrificing quality

- Introduces the concepts of enterprise-wide continuity planning strategy development
and measurement and Continuous Availability (High Availability) issues associated with
organizations that rely upon the Internet for support of time-critical eBusiness processes

- Details how to justify your Recovery Plan to executive management and how to get it
funded

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Offering hundreds of tips, templates, checklists, and pointers to information in the public
domain, Business Resumption Planning, Second Edition assists you in creating a rock solid
recovery plan for any size organization. It provides the information you need in order to
coordinate first responders to meet any disaster scenario head on, whether involving
computers, telecommunications, or infrastructure in a timely and effective manner.

WHAT’S NEW IN THE SECOND EDITION:

- The latest techniques for conducting an efficient Business Impact Analysis and an
accurate Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)

- Advice on how to successfully recover from Ground Zero events, such as those
involving Oklahoma City, the World Trade Center (WTC), and Hurricane Katrina

- Tips for recovery teams and first responders, including how to maintain “4Ci”
(Command, Control, Communications, Computers and intelligence) during a disaster

- An examination of legal ramifications resulting from a failure to plan—including new
liability issues that directly affect you

- An explanation of how the recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 impacts
your planning effort

- Plans and templates that assess vulnerability in WANs, Open Networks, physical
facilities, environmentals, and enhanced services

The book contains actual case studies and examples illustrating the vulnerabilities of today’s
mission critical systems. It details the proactive steps you should take now to first assess
your exposure, then eliminate it. The book also includes a CD-ROM that contains
worksheets, checklists, audit forms, work breakdown structures, and reports.

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CONTENTS

So, You Want to Write a Disaster Recovery Plan, L. A. Wrobel
Understanding Business Impact Analysis, F. W. Gesinski and L. A. Wrobel
Selling Management with a Compelling Business Impact Analysis
and FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis), R. Shourbaji
Leveraging Internal Resources to Complete the Plan, L. A. Wrobel
Developing Operating and Security Standards, L. A. Wrobel
Documenting the Plan — What to Include, L. A. Wrobel
Writing a Telecommunications Recovery Plan, L. A. Wrobel
Notification, Teams, Recruitment, and Testing, L. A. Wrobel
Special Section — Legal Implications of Not Adequately Planning
Legal and Regulatory Requirements Regarding Disaster Recovery
Planning, E. M. Pope
Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, D. P. Mowery
Special Additional Section: Regulatory Issues and How They
Affect Business Continuity (BC) Programs, T. Cowan and R. Holler
Appendix 1: Now Pull It All Together and Write a Great Disaster Recovery Plan, L. A. Wrobel
Appendix 2: Partial Glossary of Telecommunications Terms and Acronyms, L. A. Wrobel
Index

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ISBN: 9780849314599
ISBN 10: 0849314593

November, 11/18/2008, 544 pages.
Order #DR832

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