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Business Continuity Planning (BCP) / DRP

In the industry, many service providers:

  • Equate BCP with DRP (Disaster Recovery Planning)
  • Create a BCP to sell DRP hardware and services
  • Fail to understand both of the strategic and tactical dimensions of business continuity planning

TSI’s approach is centered on the following principles:

  • The BCP should leverage and ultimately enable the organization’s business strategy
  • May require DRP as the manifestation of the risk mitigation action, but the BCP is truly business centric (not technology or catastrophe centric)
  • Should be created by an objective party with no potential financial gain as a result of selling DRP hardware, software or services
  • Holistically consider key scenarios that could cause interruption in critical business functions, processes and tasks
  • Evaluating risks (probability, impact) and the corporate risk tolerance against mitigation costs and remediation strategies (it is not just about insurance coverage!)

The TSI BCP Approach is defined, at both a high-level, and in detail below.

The TSI BCP Approach is defined at both a high-level

Risk Assessment

  • Identify the business risks meaningful to your business with expected probabilities and outcomes
  • Provide our subject matter expertise relative to potential risk areas (that have not been identified)
  • Present methods for reducing or managing those risks

Prioritization and Strategy Selection

  • Develop strategy for addressing each of the prioritized BCP areas
  • Work with customers and external regulatory groups to understand and document their requirements
  • Discuss options, pros, cons and costs

Gain Consensus/Backup Plan Review

  • Review backup mechanisms for each information system and service
  • Review staff backup and cross-training in each major business function
  • Review supplier alternatives for each major material and service
  • Present options for improving

Testing and Maintenance

  • Coordinate with internal business subject matter experts to ensure satisfactory test plans are developed
  • Document all test scripts
  • Coordinate recovery tests and document results
  • Review results, present findings, and recommend improvements
  • Develop plan for reviewing BCP on a regular basis
  • Ensure that BCP is incorporated into future business processes, development, and purchases