Business Continuity from Preparedness to Recovery: A Standards-Based Approach

Business Continuity from Preparedness to Recovery: A Standards-Based Approach details the process for building organizational resiliency and managing Emergency and Business Continuity programs. With over 20 years of experience developing plans that have been tested by fire, floods, and earthquakes, Tucker shows readers how to avoid common traps and ensure a successful program, utilizing samples from project plans, detailed Business Impact Analysis (BIA) questions, and planning considerations for specific business functions. One of the few publications to describe the entire process of business continuity planning from emergency plan to recovery, Business Continuity from Preparedness to Recovery addresses the impact of the new ANSI, NFPA, and ISO standards. Introducing the important elements of business functions and showing how their operations are maintained throughout a crisis situation, it thoroughly describes the process of developing a prevention, response, and continuity program. Business Continuity from Preparedness to Recovery fully integrates Information Technology with other aspects of recovery and explores risk identification, project management, system analysis, and the functional reliance of most businesses and organizations in a business continuity and emergency management context. Offers a holistic approach focusing on the development and management of Emergency and Business Continuity programsDescribes pitfalls to avoid and preventive measures to take for a variety of natural disasters and crisis events including earthquakes, fire, hazardous materials, and weather-related events Addresses program development under the emerging standards recently developed by ISO, ANSI and NFPAProvides both foundational principles and specific practices derived from the author's long experience in the field of business continuity in the context of emergency management INDICE: Chapter 1: What BCP Is and a Brief History Chapter 2: Building a Business Continuity Program Capability Chapter 3: Comprehensive Emergency Management Chapter 4: Risk Analysis Chapter 5: Business Impact Analysis Chapter 6: Continuity Planning Process Chapter 7: Documenting the Plans Chapter 8: Orientating and Practice Chapter 9: Management and Sustainability Appendices

• ISBN: 978-0-12-420063-0
• Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 13/02/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés