Disaster Recovery for Information Systems trains business managers to respond to varying threats that might impact their organization’s access to information. The course provides requisite background theory and recommended best practices needed by managers to keep their offices running during incidents of different types. Topics include an overview of business continuity planning; disaster recovery planning; guides for implementing and managing disaster recovery plans, a discussion of technical vulnerabilities faced by organizations and an examination of legal issues that may confront an organization.
Objectives
- Define critical business continuity/disaster recovery terms
- Explain why it’s advantageous to develop a disaster recovery plan
- Describe how the business continuity plan and disaster recovery plan work together
- Define the disaster recovery planning process
- Explain buy-in and why it is important to the success of a disaster recovery plan
- Describe advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing
- Demonstrate an understanding of cloud computing
- Explain the legal requirement that may affect planning
- Explain risks, assets, threats, vulnerabilities and controls
- Determine the importance of developing impact and risk scenarios
- Recognize how people can inflict both intentional and unintentional harm
- Explain how to start and maintain an personnel training and awareness program
- Describe acceptable use policies
- Explain why separation of duties is advantageous
- And more
Target Audience
Business planners and organizational decision makers that have not had previous information continuity disaster recovery plans training.
Prerequisites
Understanding and familiarity with typical organizational hierarchies and business practices.