In This Issue
- Budgets Cuts Impact Disaster Preparedness
- Security Policies and Procedures
Budget Cuts Impact Disaster Preparedness
The needs for available data and regulatory compliance requirements have not slow down...
Disaster recovery and business continuity plans have not been kept up to date
In the last two years, internal IT resources become stretched. This has lead to companies looking for ways to cut costs in all areas in disaster recovery and business continuity. Disaster recovery plans need to be viewed as ongoing programs -- not projects that can be put on the shelf for a year.
In addition, companies scaled back IT recovery sites. This has lead to a recovery installation which does not match the current production environment. Critical applications can then no longer be recovered in a timely manner.
The IT Productivity Center - a division of Janco Associates, Inc. has conducted a study of 253 recovery efforts and identified why DRP BCP plans fail.
The most common issue and occurring in 62% of all recovery plans are errors in the plan itself. This is often due to the plan not being kept up to date (47%) and the unavailability or inaccurate passwords (34%).
Additional reasons for failures are:
- Insufficient backup power - 22%
- Communications not in place - 18%
- Personnel not trained - 17%
- System priorities not identified - 14%
- Recovery not documented - 13%
- Event not identified - 12%
Detailed and Customizable for Your Business
The IT Security Manual Template provides all the essential sections of a complete security manual and walks you through the creation of each step. Detailed language addressing a variety of topics is included in a 230-page Microsoft Word document which you can modify as much or as little as you need to fit your business requirements. This instant download includes sections on critical topics like:
- Risk analysis
- Staff member roles
- Physical security
- Facility design, construction and operations
- Media and documentation
- Data and software security
- Network security
- Internet and IT contingency planning
- Insurance
- Outsourced services
- Waiver procedures
- Incident reporting procedures
- Access control guidelines
Includes Supplemental Assessment Material
To help you assess factors affecting your IT security, the IT Security Manual Template comes with the Business & IT Impact Questionnaire, a Word document that helps you gather essential security-related information from across your organization. You'll also receive the Threat & Vulnerability Assessment Tool, a Microsoft Excel workbook you can use to define and compare dangers that could impair your business operations.
Comes in Standard - Premium - Gold Editions
Not only can you get the template in easily modifiable Microsoft WORD but you can get full multi-page job descriptions when you order the Premium or Gold Editions. Read on...
