Business Continuity Concepts
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Where is the IT Department in this?

  • Notice the IT department has not been mentioned anywhere thus far!
  • Why?
  • See the third bullet point on slide number MXBC-2
  • Business Continuity is an executive management responsibility, NOT IT!
  • Everything that has been discuss so far is the responsibility of executive management and is concerned with making business decisions. For example, the IT department MUST NOT be making the following management decisions:
  • Which business functions are critical?
  • How long can a business function be off-line?
  • How much data can be lost without adversely effecting the business?
  • What commitments will be promised to customers by our Service Level Agreement contracts?
  • What business functions will be eliminated if a catastrophic event occurs
  • What jobs will be eliminated if a catastrophic event occurs?
  • ...

    • For information about Business Continuity Concepts and Methodologies, please contact Mt Xia.

    Slide ID:MXBC-10