Business Continuity Plan

Business Continuity Plan Template
CIO Maria Sosa has asked you to provide her and the other executives with a business continuity plan for your organization.

Final Business Continuity Plan (five- to seven-page report using this template). The plan should include the following components:

· Title Page

· Include:

· for whom you are preparing the document, the title, the date prepared, and your name as the preparer of the document

· Overview

· Remember that this is your Business Continuity Plan, not recommendations on how to build a plan. Make sure that the language and style of writing support this.

· Include:

· justifications demonstrating the value of a BCP for the organization

· description of the scope of the BCP (one to two-page narrative, from Step 2)

· Business Impact Analysis and Key Resources and Stakeholders (Steps 3 & 4 using Template in discussion area, plus one-page summary of findings)

· Include:

· BIA Template table with at least 5 entries (see BIA template)

· Discussion of the information in the table (Methodology, key factors, priorities, etc)

· Preventative Controls (one to two pages, from Step 6)

· Provide a list of controls that your organization has put into place in support of the BCP

· These controls should be specifically focused on the BCP

· Contingency Plan and Recovery Strategies (two to three pages, from Step 7&8)

· Discuss how to respond to a contingency and bring the business back to full normal operations after implementing the contingency plan

· Under what conditions will the plan be activated?

· How will you notify stakeholders?

· How will you respond to disaster?

· What strategies or processes will you use to recover?

· NIST 800-34 is an excellent resource

· Plan Maintenance

· From Steps 9-11 in the project

· How will staff be trained on the plan?

· How will the plan be maintained and updated?

· How will you test the plan?

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