Posts Tagged ‘disaster’

PostHeaderIcon BCP Media – Risk & Threat Assessment

Risk & Threat Assessment

Featuring Barry Pruitt & Michael Herrera, CBCP

How to assess threats to your organization, know your level of mitigation, and when/where to spend limited monies for protection. Learn key definitions; how to identify applicable threats and mitigating controls; and write winning risk event statements. You’ll learn the pitfalls — and gain insight — for presenting the risk assessment to executives. As a professional, you need proven risk approaches as one of the cornerstones of your BCP program, and the confidence to apply it to your organization.

CONTENTS

* Identify the Relevant Threats
* Man-made, natural, technology
* The Probability of Threats
* How to know you have done due diligence
* Prepare for executive questions
* Site Analysis
* Know how, understand why, and prepare for future updates
* Level of Mitigation
* Identify/evaluate mitigating controls
* Determine current level of mitigation
* Document findings and make recommendations
* Management Report
* Prioritize threats
* Report status of mitigating controls
* Present the findings, recommendations
* Implement an action plan to address relevant threats, mitigate risk and map risk to your BIA

“Whoever said “Life is a risky business” must have worked in today’s highly competitive business environment. An environment where unrecognized, unplanned for, and unmitigated risk could sink a career, or even a company. In order to survive, businesses and executives must understand what risks they face aqnd adopt strategies that quickly incorporate those risk opportunities into effective risk mitigation strategies. This comprehensive session provides tested and proven principles and practices for identifying and managing risk – don’t be caught without the necessary skills to protect your organization.”

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This DVD set complies with the DRI International Professional Practices for Business Continuity professionals and is endorsed by Disaster Recovery Journal.

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ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

BARRY PRUITT has 21 years experience managing projects, teaches ‘train the trainer’ for project managers and has 12 years of project consulting and teaching experience.

MICHAEL HERRERA, CBCP is the managing principal of MH & Associates Consulting. He has over 15 years technology, business and recovery experience.

Materials you’ll receive:

4 DVDs + 1 CD
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Duration : 0:2:57

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PostHeaderIcon BCP Media – The Command Center

The Command Center

If a disaster occurred and your organization/company had to implement their DR/BC could you do it effectively?
Keeping control of a situation during a pressure-packed time, which assures that all teams involved are receiving accurate information, communications, and instructions is critical to the recovery effort.
This BCP Media technical training course, “DR, BC Command Center” is a hands-on consultative approach of leading participants through the command center process. You’ll gain knowledge as well as receiving cutting edge material that covers:

• Who is in charge of the recovery effort?
• Who are the players?
• How is the DR/BC command center structured?
o Where do you start?
o What do you need to know?
• How would the damage assessment team be activated?
• What information does a Command Center Team need to know to declare a disaster?
The course provides instruction in:
• Building and operating an effective command center to lead the DRP recovery effort.
• If your organization was faced with a disaster, how would disaster recovery teams start their recovery activities?
• How can everyone associated with the recovery effort get the same information?
• What is the best way to keep everyone focused on their recovery efforts?
• What is a status board and how does it work?

Building an effective command center in any organization can be challenging. Based on the knowledge and experiences that will be presented, answers to all of these questions and many more will be provided during this training seminar. Course materials include a DVD of the classroom presentation and a CD containing the course workbook and sample forms. Two recognized experts in the field present the course:

Mr. Norm Harris and Ms. Tracy Cowan. Mr. Harris is a Certified Business Continuity Planner and is Chairman, President and CEO of Norman L. Harris and associates.
Ms. Cowan is a Certified Business Continuity Planner, a Certified Recovery Planner and is a Consultant for ICSI Consulting Services, Incorporated.

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Duration : 0:3:52

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PostHeaderIcon BCP – Media – DRJ – Durwood Fincher

Durwood Fincher Video
DRJ’s Fall World Show

Presenter: Dr. Robert Payne (Durwood Fincher)

So many people requested the video Durwood Fincher presented during the DRJ Fall World conference so BCP Media is offering it to the public. This hilarious video features industry experts being interviewed by Fincher as bumbling Washington bureaucrat “Dr. Robert Payne.”

The hilarious Durwood Fincher DVD (Dr. Robert Payne from DRJ Fall World) will also be included with every order of Mock Disasters.

This is a 20 minutes video and is Free.
All you have to do is:
http://www.bcpmedia.org

Duration : 0:2:42

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PostHeaderIcon Business Continuity Made Simple

I have created this webcast on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery based on me and my team’s experience in designing and implementing Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) solutions for organizations worldwide. Your feedback is welcome.

Duration : 0:9:24

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PostHeaderIcon Business Continuity Made Simple – Dependency Analysis I

I share with you me and my team’s experiences in designing and developing BCP and DRP. We consult Fortune 500 companies and also Government agencies. The objective is to simplify a complex topic. Please share your feedback. sandeshcsheth@gmail.com

Duration : 0:10:29

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PostHeaderIcon 11 BAM BC/DR Planning – KC

Burton Asset Management CEO, Kevin Burton, discusses the fifth phase of the BAM BC/DR Methodology: Planning. Mr. Burton describes what can be found within each of the three types of plans. Mr. Burton has developed this methodology to help inform the thinking of businesses of all sizes that are struggling with Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery preparedness. This event was recorded live, February 29th, 2008, at Mastro’s Steak House in Costa Mesa, CA. The event was hosted and sponsored by KnowledgeCentrix. http://www.knowledgecentrix.com/ http://www.thinkbam.com/

Duration : 0:2:31

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PostHeaderIcon 09 BAM Recovery & Continuity Tactics – KC

Burton Asset Management CEO, Kevin Burton, discusses the fourth phase of the BAM BC/DR Methodology: Developing Recovery & Continuity Tactics. Mr. Burton has developed this methodology to help inform the thinking of businesses of all sizes that are struggling with Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery preparedness. This event was recorded live, February 29th, 2008, at Mastro’s Steak House in Costa Mesa, CA. The event was hosted and sponsored by KnowledgeCentrix. http://www.knowledgecentrix.com/ http://www.thinkbam.com/

Duration : 0:1:35

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PostHeaderIcon Disaster-proof Storage you can count on from HP

Business Continuity & Availability
Disaster tolerant capabilities are put to the test with this simulated gas explosion. See how full IT services are restored in seconds across multiple products & operating systems.

Duration : 0:6:24

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PostHeaderIcon 10 BAM Planning – Three Types of Plan – Part 1 – KC

Burton Asset Management CEO, Kevin Burton, discusses the fifth phase of the BAM BC/DR Methodology: Planning. Three types of plans are discussed: the Incident Management Team Plan; the Departmental Business Continuity Plans; and the IT Department Disaster Recovery Plan. Mr. Burton has developed this methodology to help inform the thinking of businesses of all sizes that are struggling with Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery preparedness. This event was recorded live, February 29th, 2008, at Mastro’s Steak House in Costa Mesa, CA. The event was hosted and sponsored by KnowledgeCentrix. http://www.knowledgecentrix.com/ http://www.thinkbam.com/

Duration : 0:3:12

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PostHeaderIcon BCP Media – Terrorism – How can BC Cope?

Terrorism
How can Business Continuity Cope?

Presenter: Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D.
Michael Murrie

The information included in Robert Chandler’s new workbook, “Terrorism – How Can Business Continuity Cope?” was researched and assembled by many talented people. The post 9 -11 world has put the need to prepare for these types of horrible acts on the agenda of every company and organization. We can help you prepare by giving you the ammunition to handle this type of disaster the following nine chapters:

1. Getting Started
2. Recognizing Terror Threats
3. Prevention Planning
4. Protecting Personnel
5. Mitigation Preparation
6. Crisis Management Readiness
7. Crisis Survival Need
8. Crisis Communication
9. Recovery Operation

There are nine chapters with an appendix, including resources, a glossary and interview subject biographies. You will also receive the accompanying DVD, “Terrorism – How Did Business Continuity Cope?”, and a CD of WTC photographs, by FEMA.

Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D. is a Professor of Communication and Chair of the Communication Division at Pepperdine University. He is a recognized expert on organization crises, and organizationalcommunication assessment.

This goes with Book “Terrorism”

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Duration : 0:3:51

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