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What is Business ContinuityWhat is Business Continuity

y Business continuity planning (BCP) is

planning which identifies the

organization's exposure to internal and

external threats and synthesizes hard andsoft assets to provide effective prevention

and recovery

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y In plain language, BCP is working out how

to stay in business in the event of disaster.

Typical incidents include local events like

building fires, regional incidents likeearthquakes or floods, or national

incidents like pandemic illnesses. However,

it is not limited to just that.



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Evidence that firms do not invest enough time andresources into BCP preparations are evident in disaster

survival statistics.

y Fires permanently close 44% of the

business affected. In the 1993 World Trade

Center bombing, 150 businesses out of

350 affected failed to survive the event.Conversely, the firms affected by the

September 11 attacks with well-

developed and tested BCP manuals wereback in business within days.



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y A BCP manual for a small organization

may be simply a printed manual stored

safely away from the primary work

location, containing the names, addresses,and phone numbers for crisis

management.

y Firms should ensure that their BCPmanual is realistic and easy to use during

a crisis.



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y The development of a BCP manual can

have five main phases:

y Analysis

y Solution design

y Implementation

y Testing and organization acceptance

y Maintenance.



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y After defining recovery requirements,documenting potential threats it is recommendedto detail a specific disasters unique recoverysteps. Some common threats include the

following:y

y Diseasey Earthquakey Firey Floody Terrorismy Random failure of mission-critical systems



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Why should BCP be tested?Why should BCP be tested?

y The purpose of testing is to achieve

organizational acceptance that the

business continuity solution satisfies the

organization's recovery requirements.Plans may fail to meet expectations due

to insufficient or inaccurate recovery

requirements, solution design flaws, orsolution implementation errors.



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y Maintenance of a BCP manual is brokendown into three periodic activities. Thefirst activity is the confirmation of

information in the manual, roll out to ALLstaff for awareness and specific trainingfor individuals whose roles are identifiedas critical in response and recovery. The

second activity is the testing andverification of technical solutionsestablished for recovery operations.



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In case of a natural disaster like an

earthquake or a Fire Hazard the

entire staff shall evacuate the premisesusing the safest evacuation path defined.



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Do not wait to switch offyour work

stations or collect your belongings

after your hear the siren



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Do not rush and create havoc and causea stampede. Follow the safe

evacuation path in full decorum andcalm



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Do not hide under tables or chairs

as you may get trapped inside.



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Do not stand near windows

or glass partitions.



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Do not use elevators to

descend from the building



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In case ofa fire hazard lie low while

walking and have a wethandkerchiefplaced on your nose

so the smoke will not suffocate you



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Assemble in the safe assembly area

and report to your immediate Spocfor a head count



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Bring to the notice ofyour spoc

ifyou find any ofyour

colleagues missing



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Do not panic and cut the line. Keep the person busy talkingand askleading questions like:

Why do you intend to do it?

Which outfit do you belong to?

Doyo

u have anything againsto

uro

rganizatio

n? Are you supporting a wrong cause?

What is your name? etc.

This will help in identifying the line he/she is calling fromor his/her identity to some extent



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After you finish the call do not keep it to

yourself inform your immediate spoc or

callcompany help line 91 20Ajit Mobile 9175609034



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TheThe entire staff shall evacuate theentire staff shall evacuate the

premises using the safest evacuationpremises using the safest evacuation

pathpath defineddefined using the safeusing the safeevacuation pathevacuation path



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Assemble in the safe assemblyAssemble in the safe assembly

areaarea andand report to yourreport to your

immediateimmediate SpocSpoc forfor a head counta head count



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In case ofa Facility downtime viz poweris cut from the facility, the companyhas a backup inverter a UPS and a

generator.Save your work continuously as you go

ahead.

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Full redundancy required in a disastersituation can be achieved by having a

data backup system in place.

Important data will be stored at aplace distant from the company

premises on a different serveror abackup system



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