{"product_id":"9781430264071","title":"Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, and Business Continuity: A Management Desk Reference","description":"\u003cp\u003e    You're in charge of IT, facilities, or core operations for your organization when a hurricane or a fast-moving wildfire hits. What do you do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Simple. You follow your business continuity\/disaster recovery plan. If you've prepared in advance, your operation or your company can continue to conduct business while competitors stumble and fall. Even if your building goes up in smoke, or the power is out for ten days, or cyber warriors cripple your IT systems, you know you will survive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  But only if you have a plan. You don't have one? \u003cem\u003eThen Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, and Business Continuity: A Management Desk Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, which explains the principles of business continuity and disaster recovery in plain English, might be the most important book you'll read in years.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Business continuity is a necessity for all businesses as emerging regulations, best practices, and customer expectations force organizations to develop and put into place business continuity plans, resilience features, incident-management processes, and recovery strategies. In larger organizations, responsibility for business continuity falls to specialist practitioners dedicated to continuity and the related disciplines of crisis management and IT service continuity. In smaller or less mature organizations, it can fall to almost anyone to prepare contingency plans, ensure that the critical infrastructure and systems are protected, and give the organization the greatest chance to survive events that can--and do--bankrupt businesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A practical how-to guide, this book explains exactly what you need to do to set up and run a successful business continuity program. Written by an experienced consultant with 25 years industry experience in disaster recovery and business continuity, it contains tools and techniques to make business continuity, crisis management, and IT service continuity much easier. If you need to prepare plans and test and maintain them, then this book is written for you. You will learn:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to complete a business impact assessment. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to write plans that are easy to implement in a disaster. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to test so that you know your plans will work. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to make sure that your suppliers won't fail you in a disaster. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to meet customer, audit, and regulatory expectations.  \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cem\u003eDisaster Recovery, Crisis Response, and Business Continuity: A Management Desk Reference\u003c\/em\u003e will provide the tools, techniques, and templates that will make your life easier, give you peace of mind, and turn you into a local hero when disaster strikes.  \u003cp\u003e       \u003c\/p\u003e    What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eAll the concepts comprising business continuity, IT service continuity, data recovery, and crisis management \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to set up and run an end-to-end business continuity program for your organization \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to write business continuity policies and governance documents  \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to test your business continuity plans, system DR, data center DR, and crisis management processes  \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to avoid almost all the common traps that both beginners and experienced practitioners fall into  \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to keep your IT system up and running in the face of disaster \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  Who this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     Business continuity managers and analysts, emergency planners, disaster recovery managers, service continuity managers and analysts, IT project and operations managers, IT availability managers, auditors, facilities managers, heads of IT, risk analysts and managers, site managers, office managers, governance professionals, and C-level managers.         \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of ContentsIntroduction \u003cp\u003ePart One: Introduction to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. An Overview of Business Continuity Management (BCM)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Essentials of BCM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Plan for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Get Started on Your Plan: First Things First \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Prepare the Plan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Write a IT Disaster Recovery Plan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Write a Business Process Recovery Plan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Manage Supply Chain Continuity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Select and Manage Continuity Suppliers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Educate the Workforce \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Provide Governance and Reporting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Test and Maintain Your Continuity and Recovery Plans \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Testing Principles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. IT Testing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Business Testing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Crisis Exercises\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Maintain Your Plans, Solutions, and Skills \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Four: Execute the Plan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Manage a Disaster \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Return to Normal Operations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Five: Appendices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A – Criticality Levels \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B – Roles and Responsibility Matrix (RACI) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C – Suggested BCM Timetable \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D – Useful Resources and Contacts \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix E – Continuity Assessment Questionnaire \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix F – Crisis Management Team Roles and Responsibilities \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix G - Call Cascade \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix H – Basic BCP Template \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix I – Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix J – Business Continuity Management Standards \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix K – Severity Levels \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix L – Mapping Severity Levels to Criticalities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134223532272,"sku":"9781430264071","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430264071_p0.jpg?v=1763750500","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430264071","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}