IT & TELECOMMUNICATION DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING

ONLY AT THIS WORKSHOP WILL YOU:

Why you should attend

Disaster can strike any business, anywhere, any time: yet less than a third of organisations have comprehensive disaster recovery plans. Most organisations experiencing a disaster simply do not survive. An effective disaster recovery plan is essential for mission critical Information Technology and Telecommunications services. New corporate governance and compliance regulations require risk assessment and expect disaster recovery plans. Financial legislation requires protection of assets by prudent planning; insurers are increasingly demanding contingency plans - and may reduce or decline payment if plans are not in place; auditors are increasingly insisting on disaster recovery plans.

This seminar shows how to meet these demands to ensure continuity of business processes.

Who should attend

How you and your organisation will benefit

This seminar shows:

Programme

  • The purpose of IT DR Planning

    Why plan
    What are we trying to protect
    How IT DR fits into BC project and other plans (CM, Emergency, BC)
    British Standards Institution Publicly Available Specification 77 for IT DR
    Practical : List your main IT assets
    Recovery timescales- talking to users
    Practical: Assign recovery timescales and priority to each asset
    Scoping the project - What is IT responsible for?

  • Backup regimes

    Concepts Frequency
    Integrity
    Confidentiality
    Statutory requirements
    Storage location
    New solutions

  • Recovery concepts/options

    Flying start/Hot/warm/cold timescales Location
    Hot sites
    Mirroring - different flavours (Trenwick)
    Warm start
    Test machine
    Second site
    Home working
    Cold site options
    Prefab - Site build options
    Office/canteen / training space/ others

    Fortress
    Insurance
    Do nothing

  • Third party solutions

    Maintenance
    First in or shared
    Review of offerings for hot, warm, cold
    Ship in
    Mobile
    Tendering
    Analysing tenders - exclusion zones, ratios
    Writing the plan NO!
    Use DR suppliers for advice

  • Comparison of computer solutions

    SWOT of DIY & 3rd party & reciprocal
    Costs of solutions
    Reality

  • Complexity of Multi-systems

  • Exercise - Find a solution to fit each item of kit you have - any left?

  • Network solutions

    ISDN/ATM
    Capacity planning
    Home working
    Remote access from ICC to check

  • Voice solutions

    Redirection
    Mobile
    Call Centres
    Worked example: Network strategy?

  • Other IT responsibilities

    Workspace
    Printing
    Supplies
    Imaging
    Power supply
    Despatch

  • Writing the plan

    Technical

    Who is it aimed at?
    What does it cover?
    What should it contain?
    How should it be structured?
    How will it be updated

    Logistical

    Decision making
    Team structure
    Personnel otification
    Transport
    Accommodation
    Shift working
    Telecoms
    Development staff
    Users for signoff
    Links to Crisis Management Team and BC team
    Timetable

     

  • Maintaining and enhancing the Plan

  • Integrating the IT DR Plan into the BC plan

 

 

Workshop Leader

Andrew Hiles

 

Books by Kingswell Consultants

Books on Service Management

Hiles, A. N. The Complete Guide to IT Service Level Agreements, Matching Service Quality to Business Needs.. ISBN 0-9641648-2-5 published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The standard work on IT Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. E-Business Service Level Agreements: Strategies for ISPs, ASPs, *SPs and CLECS.  Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The first book to deal specifically with e-commerce Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. Service Level Agreements, Winning a Competitive Edge for Supply and Support Services.  ISBN 0-9641648-4-1published by Rothstein Associates Inc. This book applies Service Level Agreements to services other than IT. Real case studies and example SLAs are provided ranging from Human Resources, Logistics, through Training, Livestock Handling, Logistics and Field Service Engineering.

Hiles A.N. and Gunn, Dr. Y. Creating a Customer-Focused Help Desk: How to Win and Keep Your Customers. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-6-8 This book has the support of the Help Desk Institute www.helpdeskinst.com

Books on Business Continuity

Hiles A.N. Business Continuity Management: Best Practice. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-3-3.  This book explicitly covers all the ten areas of business continuity competence required for membership of the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Hiles A.N. Enterprise Risk Assessment & Business Impact Analysis – Best Practices ISBN 1-931332-12-6 Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. Covers many techniques and methods of risk and impact assessment with detailed examples and checklists.

e-Publication. Kingswell books on Business Continuity, Service Level Agreements and  Help Desk Management will shortly be available by page download in conjunction with Rothstein Associates Inc and Books24x7.com.

New and updated books. Existing  books Business Continuity Management – Best Practice and IT Service Level Agreements have been extensively updated. See our products page or visit www.rothstein.com .

All the above books can be obtained from:

Rothstein Associates Inc.
4 Arapaho Road
Brookfield
Connecticut
0608-3104 USA

www.rothstein.com

e-mail pjr@rothstein.com

Telephone: USA: 1-888-ROTHSTEIN
Worldwide: +1 203 740 7400

Hiles A.N. Guide to Risk Management. Published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Hiles A.N. and Barnes, P. (Editor and main contributor) The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management, John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN 0 471 98622 4.

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Croner’s Purchasing and Supply Guide to I.T., 1994, ISBN 1 85524 271 0

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Guide to Business Continuity Management, 1999, for the Confederation of British Industry by Caspian Publishing

Hiles A.N. (contributor) Business Continuity Management, 2000, Institute of Directors / Department of Trade & Industry.

 

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