...Cybersecurity DR / BCP Presentation Summary: For this assignment, you must research three or more commercially available technology solutions which could be used by a business as part of its recovery during disaster recovery or business continuity operations. You may focus upon the incident reported upon in your cybersecurity research paper OR you may take a more general approach. Your research will then be used to prepare a presentation (Power Point slides) in which you discuss how your selected solutions could be used to address cybersecurity problems specific to DR / BCP operations. Your presentation must also address the importance of disaster recovery planning and/or business continuity planning with respect to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and information systems. Consult the grading rubric for specific content and formatting requirements for this assignment. The focus of your research for this assignment should be DR / BCP technology solutions for response and recovery after a cyber security incident of sufficient duration and impact to require activation of the organization’s Disaster Recovery and/or Business Continuity Plan. Suggested technology solutions include: * General DR/BCP Services * Palindrome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d60m6hUpgvs * Data Backup Solutions * Acronis http://www.acronis.com/solutions/smallbusiness/ * Cloud Computing (Infrastructure as a Service, Software as a...
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...Abstract Disasters have devastating and severe acute and long-term consequences for individuals and communities. The paper expounds on the social ramifications of disasters, while highlighting a disaster’s effects in vulnerable populations. The collaborative actions of communities, governments, public health, media, and health professionals are also depicted in the paper. Lastly, implications for Advanced Practice Nurses concerning leadership, involvement in public policy and education, and development of advanced disaster planning are illustrated. Keywords: disaster, disaster response and planning, social ramifications, advanced practice nursing. Disaster--the term itself invokes feelings of dread, despair, and devastation. Furthermore, the effects of disasters on human condition are far-reaching and unpredictable. For health care professionals, disaster preparedness and response entails an understanding of the socio-economic issues and the collective responsibilities of multiple agencies when a disaster strikes. Disasters affect individuals, families, societies, and communities, with little time for any warning or preparation.1 The collective obligations of government, communities, hospitals, and medical professionals are underscored during this trying time. Introduction What is a disaster? Calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, are just some of the words uttered when a disaster occurs. Perry and Quarantelli2 explained that disaster has several meanings depending...
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...Hurricane Katrina was considered as one of the most destructive disaster in the history of the U.S. The extent of damage and level of response during the occurrence of the crisis was a clear indication, that the government lacked management plans and procedures needed to mitigate the outcome. One of the plans that were put into action in the state of Mississippi was the use of the National Guard to enhance relief operations. This was part of the overall plan, the “National Response plan” (Dudley, 2006). This paper aims at evaluating strategies and situations during the occurrence of the Hurricane Katrina Natural Disaster. By so doing, workable strategies are highlighted and the reasons behind their use supported with due consideration to resource availability. The paper further presents an analysis of the Mississippi crisis plan whileexplaining the efficacy of elements selected for the “National Response Plan” consequently stating how the plan could be relevant in either Louisiana or Alabama.The paper summarizes by presenting missing elements. From the journal ‘After Katrina: Building back better than ever’ which is a report by James Barksdale who is the Chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Building and Renewal, it is made rife that the ‘National Response Plan’ (NRP) was a workable strategy that provided a big boost to the disaster management efforts made by the American government (Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal, 2005). The NRP strategic plan...
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...Term Paper: Downtime and Outage Aliaksandr Piatrou Course SEC 6010: Planning for Information Security Instructor: Mr. Dwight Robinson December 10, 2015 Abstract An outage or downtime at the online reservation system Sabre caused difficulties for many airlines, hotels and other hospitality industries all around the world. It affects business credibility, causes loss in revenue and legal procedures. Because of the recent delays Southwest, AirTran, American Airlines, US Airways, and United Airlines, who use Sabre global distribution system, topped the list of worst airlines in the US (Tooley, 2015). Background Sabre is one the leading provider of global distribution system to the travel and tourism industry. The Sabre GDS enables companies such as American Airlines, BCD Travel, Expedia, JetBlue, and Travelocity to search, price, book, and ticket travel services provided by airlines, hotels, car rental companies, rail providers and tour operators worldwide. It headquarters in Texas and employs over 10,000 employees in 60 countries with revenues of approximately $3 billion. Sabre service is using worldwide by 400 airlines in more than 700 airports, by more than 125,000 hotel properties, 27 car rental brands, 50 rail providers, 16 cruise lines and other global travel suppliers around the world generating more than $5.85 billion in revenue each year for its customers. More than 600 million people make purchases through that system annually (Sabre Authors, 2014). Sabre...
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...Pranay Bhardwaj Disaster Recovery Planning Introduction Hurricane Sandy is regarded as one of the most devastating natural disasters to strike the city of New York. People have different recollections of that time period, with some who recall the catastrophic damage done to their home, while others remember the 4 hours of wait just to fill up their cars with gas. For financial institutions, such as Citi bank, it was a time for the management team to pat themselves on the back and breathe a sigh of relief for being able to secure important data centers and keep bank operations running. All this was a result of successful implementation of Citi’s “Disaster Recovery Plan”. What is a Disaster Recovery Plan? Just like the disaster discussed above, every week, month, and year, companies are exposed to risks of potential disasters that can affect the continuation of vital business processes. When critical processes and applications are lost, the company can incur damages ranging anywhere from $5,000- $5,000,000 per minute, depending on the size and function of the company. Some companies never recover from the excessive damage they incur during the time of the disaster, and may be forced out of business. To avoid such a situation, companies, particularly banking institutions, are heavily encouraged to have a disaster recovery plan in place. A disaster recovery plan is a powerful tool that allows companies to shield itself from any calamity that occurs, be it natural...
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................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Disaster Management-Supply Chain Perspective .................................................... 4 No table of contents entries found. Executive Summary Disaster management deals with avoiding risks. It involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or man-made disasters occur. Disaster management is a continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate its impact. A supply chain, or supply network is a coordinated system of organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service in physical or virtual manner from supplier to customer. Customers in this case are people facing the crisis. They formed the focus of the entire supply chain development. Over the past few years, the natural disasters floods, hurricanes etc have highlighted the low levels of disaster preparedness and inability of the hospitals and relief organizations to respond effectively. The quick response of relief organizations in the early stages of disaster can lower its impacts afterwards, avoiding severe loss of human lives and physical assets. This necessitates forming Supply Chain Strategy as a major component of Disaster Management Plan (DMP). Only a quick response and operationally effective supply chain can successfully put a Disaster Management Plan in action. The paper proposes a decision process for establishing an...
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...guide local recovery? Throughout history, we can now with certainty state that disaster happens, especially in my home of State of Florida. In Florida, we are of course known for hurricanes and everything else that comes with it. But we must also keep in mind that disasters are local and occurs in cities and counties of all sizes. The question that we can ask is what happens following a disaster? Well, the answer is that the people of that particular city or county is looking for the leadership of their elected officials in order to lead them through the devastating time; to act swiftly and quickly with an immediate response and reassuring the community that their lives will promptly return to normalcy. Nonetheless, no matter the size of the city, the local government leaders are responsible to oversee all four phases of the Emergency Management process, which are Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation. Furthermore, whenever we discuss disaster, the first thought that comes to mind is “Hurricane Katrina” because of the blatant misguided approach and lack of timely and effective response during this disaster recovery. But if I were to guess the major reason for such disastrous approach is because the government was focusing on a short-term relief while disregarding the long-term recovery process. Based on the readings and research, it would appear that historically this has been the situation for many other cases. When we are looking at “Long-Term Recovery”, it involves...
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...Best Buy disaster plan Christian Jones Qazi Ali CIS 359 May 25, 2012 Abstract Through this paper I and my partner will be discussing number of things about one of the biggest computer retail company in the United States of America. First is that we will provide some background information on the Best Buy company such as how it came about and how it has evolved from the past and to the present date. Basically we will give up a little bit of information on the owner as well as the company itself. In addition, we will also cover some of the problem that we face will developing this reasech paper. We will also cover some key points that we reasech or were told there disaster recovery plan. Also we provide solutions to their disaster recovery by point out some problems that they might face in the near future. We will also discussion how the plan will work in some cases and how it will not be as successful in other cases. Disaster Recovery for Best Buy A disaster is defined as an unexpected, unplanned catastrophic event that renders the Organizations ability to perform mission-critical and critical processes, including the ability to do normal production processing of systems that support critical business processes. A disaster could be the result of significant damage to a portion of the operations, a total loss of a facility, or the inability of the employees to access that facility. There were a lot of challenges that occurred during the development of this...
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...Communications of the IIMA 25 2006 Volume 6 Issue 2 Disaster Planning and Management Holmes E. Miller Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104 Kurt J. Engemann Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Ronald R. Yager Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 10801 ABSTRACT Recent events such as hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, power outages, and the threat of pandemics have highlighted our vulnerability to natural disasters. This vulnerability is exacerbated by many organizations’ increasing dependence on computer, telecommunications, and other technologies, and trends toward integrating suppliers and business partners into everyday business operations. In response many organizations are implementing disaster recovery planning processes. In this paper we discuss how to identify threats and scenarios; how to articulate the disaster recovery strategies; and four elements of the generic disaster recovery plan: Mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. We then provide examples of software that can help disaster recovery professionals in the planning and implementation process. Finally we present some trends that will reinforce the criticality of the issue. Keywords: Disaster Recovery Planning; Business Continuity Planning; Risk Assessment INTRODUCTION Several major natural disasters that have occurred in the past few years have placed disaster management on the front pages: The Tsunami of late 2004, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005 affected both...
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...[pic] Records Management Disaster Planning Guideline June 2007 Version 1.1 Table of Contents Acknowledgments 5 Foreword 5 Introduction 6 Background 6 Scope of this guideline 6 Related Documents 6 Reference to the Adequate Records Management Standard 7 Variation to this guideline 7 Records and Disasters 7 Disasters affecting records 8 Disasters affecting Australian organisations 8 Counter disaster management for records 9 Disaster review of your agency 10 Risk Assessment 10 Establish the context 11 Identify the risks 11 Critical needs determination 13 Analyse the risks 14 Assess the risks 15 Treat the risks 15 Monitor and review 16 Planning 16 Project Planning 17 Project team responsibilities 18 Content of the plan 18 How to prepare the response and recovery plan 19 Components of the response and recovery plan 20 Lists and supplies 22 Insurance and emergency funding arrangements 23 On-site equipment 23 Implementing the plan 24 Maintaining the plan 24 Distribution issues 25 Plan maintenance responsibilities 25 Training and testing 25 Post disaster analysis 27 Vital Records Protection 28 Identifying vital records 29 Protecting vital records 31 Preventative measures 31 Recovery and restoration 33 Critical data...
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...nonprofit organization was established to make the U.S. government more accessible to its citizens and small businesses by easing the process of navigating through the federal bureaucracy in order to apply for government contracts and resources. In addition, the organization’s growth has allowed The Elias Group to distribute grants to fund academic and professional research of importance to group members (Apollo Group Inc, 2013).. The purpose of the establishment of The Elias Group is stated in the organization’s mission which is “Through research and professional expertise, we provide opportunities for businesses (particularly small and disadvantaged businesses) to supply goods and services to U.S. Government entities through the General Services Administration schedules and contracts.” Moreover, this mission exemplifies the founder’s continuing expression of the spirit of public service (Apollo Group Inc, 2013). As a result, The Elias Group continues to strive to accomplish their mission by employing a full-time staff of 31 personnel and a network of over 100 specialist that provide consultations, services, research, and assistance needed for businesses to contract with the U.S. government (Apollo Group Inc, 2013) . Benefits of Information Systems Although The Elias Group has experienced organizational growth from its beginnings in 1997, the organization can benefit from new and improved information systems. The new or improved information systems will allow the organization...
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...Best practices for Disaster Recovery. Research Assignment 9 Robert Montini (18738519) Mr. Troianos Research Assignment 9 Robert Montini (18738519) Mr. Troianos Best practices for securing SQL Server. Best Practices for Disaster Recovery. Bad things happen, but to a corporation, entity or country, a bad thing happening to its server is worse than bad. It’s a Disaster. The loss of crucial information, records and vital statistics can bring the death to whatever the data base is associated to. That is why Disaster Recovery is one of the most prioritized tasks a data base team may face. Given that the creating a data base is in itself the major goal, protecting that data base should a disaster befall it is as important. There are numerous ways to do this. This paper deals with the best practices of how to accomplish this. The first thing should be to make a backup plan. This should: 1. A computer where the backup will be stored 2. What programs that will be used to back up the database 3, The computers to be backed up 4. A schedule of when to backup new data to the data base 5. The offsite location where the data base recovery data will be stored The second practice is to document all the changes that are made to the database. These include service packs, hot fixes and QFEs that have been applied. This is crucial for getting a data base restored to its original state should a disaster occur. These steps should be implemented to help prevent or minimize the...
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...Disaster Recovery Information Technology: Disaster Recovery Abstract The intent of this research paper is to capture the over view of the systems functionality of disaster recover, what it is and how it works. It will explore the benefits, as well as the disadvantageous of the system, what is most significant about the system. Lastly I will share my own assessment of the system, concluding whether this system had been rendered effective for its purpose. Information Technology: Disaster Recovery Information Technology is extremely crucial in today’s business world. In fact, businesses use information technology too quickly and effectively process information, Carlson 1998. Within these businesses, employees use these advanced technologies in which to communicate. Electronic data interchange is used to transmit data. This serves a purpose of transmitting orders and payments from one company to another. With electric data interchange in mind, servers process an immense amount of data. For a business to be rendered effective, a disaster recovery plan should be develop in correlation with the priorities of the business. As noted, due to the rapid growth technology, planning strategies should be refined overtime to maintain its vigilant awareness to keep up with modern technology. Overview A disaster recovery plan is a process in which to secure intellectual property. Disaster Recovery planning involves procedures to recover, as well as, maintain accountability of a...
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...Popul Res Policy Rev (2010) 29:127–141 DOI 10.1007/s11113-009-9133-x The Role of Community in Disaster Response: Conceptual Models Olivia Patterson • Frederick Weil • Kavita Patel Received: 1 May 2007 / Accepted: 15 October 2008 / Published online: 5 November 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract We focus on the role that community plays in the continuum of disaster preparedness, response and recovery, and we explore where community fits in conceptual frameworks concerning disaster decision-making. We offer an overview of models developed in the literature as well as insights drawn from research related to Hurricane Katrina. Each model illustrates some aspect of the spectrum of disaster preparedness and recovery, beginning with risk perception and vulnerability assessments, and proceeding to notions of resiliency and capacity building. Concepts like social resilience are related to theories of ‘‘social capital,’’ which stress the importance of social networks, reciprocity, and interpersonal trust. These allow individuals and groups to accomplish greater things than they could by their isolated efforts. We trace two contrasting notions of community to Tocqueville. On the one hand, community is simply an aggregation of individual persons, that is, a population. As individuals, they have only limited capacity to act effectively or make decisions for themselves, and they are strongly subject to administrative decisions that authorities impose on them....
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...times, administration has proposed a review of the companies operations and or communication plan(s) be reviewed for contingency of any unforeseen threats to daily operations. Scope To assist the company in their daily functions, Kudler Fine Foods stores information used to determine market conditions, customer demographics, individual store sales, employee demographics, payroll, administrative functions, and other human resource related information. A post review of Kudler’s fixed operations reveals the company is currently unprepared for any and all potential threats that may halt daily operations for an over-extended period. Potential threats that Kudler may face are: breach and or loss of client and or employee information, natural disasters, on-site disruptions (such as fire hazards and flooding), external threats (city power outages), damage to produce (USFDA warnings). The list of potential threats Kudler faces doesn’t stop here, and the differentiation among possible scenarios is infinite. Because of this in depth pre-determination, it is recommended that Kudler...
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