A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Information Assets and Ten Things You Wished You Knew Before the Disaster Struck
Topics covered
- Not “Going it Alone”: the Discipline of Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
- Leaders in COOP and Disaster Recovery
- Federal Laws Add a Layer of Complexity — COOP Best Practices Can Help
- How Do You Spell Compliance? HIPAA and SOX
- Five IT Solutions State & Local Government Might Consider in COOP Planning
- Ten Points to Think About Before the Next Disaster Strikes
- If You Have a Telework Plan, Think of Making it Part of Your COOP Plan
- Think Third World, Act New World in New Ways
- Conclusion: Because Disasters are not a Matter of “If” but “When,” What are You are Going to Do?
Abstract
Getting Back focuses on continuity of operations planning (COOP) - what plans need to be in place and how to act on them in the event of a natural or manmade disaster. The guide will help you understand how to keep your agency connected and running after a disaster strikes, and includes examples that some planners may not have considered in their planning process. Continuity of operations planning (COOP) occurs before a disaster as an attempt to reduce the impact of a possible risk, while disaster recovery planning focuses on what should happen after a disaster has already occurred.
