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Presenter: Disaster Recovery Journal |
Implications for Business Continuity Planning Edited Transcript of Live Chat The value of public-private partnerships has received greater recognition during recent years, as both business and government have come to understand how each is important to the other. Efforts such as Local Emergency Planning Committees have also had some success in bringing together public and private responders and in providing enhanced opportunities for cooperation in planning for their communities. Businesses, especially small businesses, are vulnerable to disasters and can benefit from disaster planning, or business continuity planning as it is often called. The business community was also involved with the development of NFPA 1600, and consideration given to their unique concerns. Singular, isolated business or service disruptions as well as large-scale, community-wide disasters have shown us that a well designed and tested organization-wide recovery and continuity of operations plan must be in place. The frequency and severity with which singular and regional disasters are occurring today prove that planning for the emergency response phase of disaster recovery alone is simply not enough. As organizations look to extend their recovery planning efforts beyond the life safety and emergency response incident management issues, and move beyond data center and critical applications recovery concerns to address 'continuity of operations', organization-wide planning can seem overwhelming. There are, however, certain planning elements which are common to all public and private sector organizations, no matter how large or small. This session will address the critical elements of business and service continuity planning and will concentrate on the following issues:
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