Writing Disaster Recovery Plans For Telecommunications Networks And Lan

This practical guide covers all phases of network-disaster recovery planning - from operational and security standards to recovery-plan formats and presentation techniques. Leo Wrobel is the author of Disaster Recovery Planning for Telecommunications.

Addressing the vulnerabilities in today's critical infrastructure to natural disasters and terrorism, this practical book describes what public safety and other officials need to do to protect should be doing to pipelines, power plants, telecommunications, and other essential services before the unthinkable happens. The book explains how to maintain command and control in any disaster, and how to predict the probability of those disasters. Written by two highly regarded experts in the field, this one-of-a-kind guidebook shows how to simplify risk assessments and emergency response procedures to disasters affecting our critical national and local infrastructure.

Addressing total disaster recovery planning, management, and the restoration process for telecommunications, this work covers the myriad of technologies currently available, why a disaster recovery plan is necessary, how to effectively sell it to management and how to put it all together.

Offering hundreds of tips, templates, checklists, and pointers to information in the public domain, Business Resumption Planning, Second Edition assists you in creating a rock solid recovery plan for any size organization. It provides the information you need in order to coordinate first responders to meet any disaster scenario head on, whether involving computers, telecommunications, or infrastructure in a timely and effective manner. What’s New in the Second Edition: · The latest techniques for conducting an efficient Business Impact Analysis and an accurate Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) · Advice on how to successfully recover from Ground Zero events, such as those involving Oklahoma City, the World Trade Center (WTC), and Hurricane Katrina · Tips for recovery teams and first responders, including how to maintain “4Ci” (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and intelligence) during a disaster · An examination of legal ramifications resulting from a failure to plan—including new liability issues that directly affect you · An explanation of how the recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 impacts your planning effort · Plans and templates that assess vulnerability in WANs, Open Networks, physical facilities, environmentals, and enhanced services The book contains actual case studies and examples illustrating the vulnerabilities of today’s mission critical systems. It details the proactive steps you should take now to first assess your exposure, then eliminate it. The book also includes a CD-ROM that contains worksheets, checklists, audit forms, work breakdown structures, and reports.

A book offering advice on how to safeguard a company's telecommunication and computer networks against natural disaster, sabotage and human error. It aims to help identify the vulnerabilities of a system and describes specific risk avoidance measures.

Annotation Hiatt (California State University) helps businesses evaluate their vulnerability to accidents and disasters, and guides them through the process of creating a disaster recovery plan. The second half of the book consists of 33 appendices with diagrams, lists, questionnaires, procedures, surveys, contacts, and case studies. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Without a disaster recovery plan, there's no second chance. This is a low-cost, turnkey tool to prepare your company for emergencies. Easy-to-follow and concise, Business Resumption Planning is the most up-to-date reference source with answers to the most frequently asked questions about data center recovery, communications recovery, general business operations recovery and more. You'll learn how to: Identify and document critical business processes Determine resource requirements and organize recovery teams Establish, document and test recovery policies and procedures Protect and recover data center, voice and data, communications equipment and business operations Conduct a Technical Vulnerability Analysis of the physical environment Perform a Business Impact Analysis Included with your volume are complete forms and checklists on a CD-ROM to help organize and custom-tailor your own contingency and disaster recovery plan quickly and inexpensively without overlooking details. No one knows what the future will bring, but with Business Resumption Planning you can prepare for it. And, you'll receive an annual update-shipped on approval-to keep you advised of all the latest trends and techniques in this extremely important field. With Business Resumption Planning you can profit from the experiences of professionals like yourself and learn exactly what to do when disaster strikes. You owe it to yourself and to your company to purchase this valuable tool today.

In the wake of 9/11 companies from a broad array of industries have demanded that their IT divisions create strategies to maintain network availability and business continuity in event of disaster. This timely resource, written by a noted business continuity and recovery expert, pinpoints a host of practical initiatives to help businesses do exactly that and maintain system performance-- within budget. * Evaluate which commercial strategies, tools and products are worth buying * Learn to to extend plans for protecting the company's network to vital e-business units