We are proud of our services and eager to demonstrate our capabilities
through superior offerings and competitive pricing. We believe that our
professional experience and our experts are
perfectly matched to fulfill your Continuity of Operations/Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery planning mission. Specific discriminators we believe to be
important include:
Focus.
We focus exclusively on Continuity of Operations/Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning. Skillset.
We have the necessary skills on staff to provide full Continuity of Operations/Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning services. Our professionals are
Certified Business Continuity Professionals (CBCP) and are in good
standing with the Disaster Recovery Institute. Knowledge
Transfer. Our professionals work with your professionals
when we are on-site. This interchange is essential to better
understanding your organization and it also increases Continuity of Operations/Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning awareness. Experience.
Our professionals have worked with numerous public and private sector
organizations and have the experience necessary to work on your project. Ethics.
This is a critical consideration when selecting a Continuity of Operations/Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning partner. As a condition of
certification, CBCP's must and do adhere to a code of ethics.
Business
Impact Analysis
We typically
utilize an interview approach that allows us to gather and analyze information
regarding your organization. The interviews will help gather information
so that we may identify the following:
Critical resources, critical dependencies, critical components and single points of
failure, Recovery Time Objectives (RPO) and Recovery
Point Objectives (RPO), support facilities/minimum recovery
requirements, financial impacts, mission-critical business functions and so much more.
Continuity of Operations/Business Continuity Plan Development
The Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) is a plan written to ensure organizations can continue to perform their Primary Mission Essential Functions during a wide range of emergencies including localized acts of nature, accidents and technological or attack-related emergencies. The plan is usually written to sustain operations for 30 days following a disaster. Disaster
Recovery Plan Development
The Disaster
Recovery Plan is normally written utilizing information gathered from the
Business Impact Analysis process and is based on worst-case disaster
scenarios. The Disaster Recovery Plan will describe the timelines
and step-by-step procedures for restoring your organizations mission-critical
business functions following a disruption. It also identifies the
activities, resources, and procedures needed to carry out the business
functions processing requirements during prolonged interruptions to normal
operations.
Business
Continuity Plan Testing/Certification
of Plans
Testing
is the most critical phase of the project. It does not do any good to have a plan in place unless it has
been tested and certified. We perform disaster recovery
tests to ensure the steps listed in the Disaster Recovery Plan are
accurate and complete.
Testing of
the plan can be accomplished using different formats. Testing options may
include checklist testing, structured walk-through tests, simulation testing,
and full interruption testing. A carefully tested plan provides the
organization with the confidence and experience necessary to respond to a real
emergency.
Business
Continuity Strategy Review
This
includes performing a review of your current business continuity
strategy. We will provide you with recommendations as to whether the
direction you are proceeding in is the correct one or we will provide you with
other options that include pros/cons of each along with costs.
Crisis
Management Plan Development
This
includes the development of a Crisis Management Plan. It includes step by
step actions to be followed by your Emergency Management Team in the event of a
crisis. This also includes how to deal with the media/public.
Emergency
Response Procedures
This
includes the development of emergency response procedures. Examples of
this includes bomb threat, fire, tornado, emergency evacuation.
