

Beschreibung
If you have a business or a nonprofit organization, or if you re the one responsible for information systems at such an operation, you know that disaster recovery planning is pretty vital. But it s easy to put it off. Informationen zum Autor Peter H. Gregory, ...If you have a business or a nonprofit organization, or if you re the one responsible for information systems at such an operation, you know that disaster recovery planning is pretty vital. But it s easy to put it off.
Informationen zum Autor Peter H. Gregory, CISA, CISSP, is the author of fifteen books on security and technology, including Solaris Security (Prentice Hall), Computer Viruses For Dummies (Wiley), Blocking Spam and Spyware For Dummies (Wiley), and Securing the Vista Environment (O'Reilly). Peter is a security strategist at a publicly-traded financial management software company located in Redmond, Washington. Prior to taking this position, he held tactical and strategic security positions in large wireless telecommunications organizations. He has also held development and operations positions in casino management systems, banking, government, non-profit organizations, and academia since the late 1970s. He's on the board of advisors for the NSA-certified Certificate program in Information Assurance & Cybersecurity at the University of Washington, and he's a member of the board of directors of the Evergreen State Chapter of InfraGard. Klappentext Create a safety net while you work out your major planIdentify critical IT systems, develop a long-range strategy, and train your peopleSome disasters get coverage on CNN -- some just create headaches for the affected organization. The right plan will get your business back on track quickly, whether you're hit by a tornado or a disgruntled employee with super hacking powers. Here's how to assess the situation, develop both short-term and long-term plans, and keep them updated.Discover how to:Select your disaster recovery teamConduct a Business Impact AnalysisDetermine risksGet management supportCreate appropriate plan documentsTest your plan Zusammenfassung If you have a business or a nonprofit organization, or if you're the one responsible for information systems at such an operation, you know that disaster recovery planning is pretty vital. But it's easy to put it off. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xix Introduction 1 About This Book 1 How This Book Is Organized 2 Part I: Getting Started with Disaster Recovery 2 Part II: Building Technology Recovery Plans 2 Part III: Managing Recovery Plans 2 Part IV: The Part of Tens 3 What This Book Is - and What It Isn't 3 Assumptions about Disasters 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Write to Us! 5 Part I: Getting Started with Disaster Recovery 7 Chapter 1: Understanding Disaster Recovery 9 Disaster Recovery Needs and Benefits 9 The effects of disasters 10 Minor disasters occur more frequently 11 Recovery isn't accidental 12 Recovery required by regulation 12 The benefits of disaster recovery planning 13 Beginning a Disaster Recovery Plan 13 Starting with an interim plan 14 Beginning the full DR project 15 Managing the DR Project 18 Conducting a Business Impact Analysis 18 Developing recovery procedures 22 Understanding the Entire DR Lifecycle 25 Changes should include DR reviews 26 Periodic review and testing 26 Training response teams 26 Chapter 2: Bootstrapping the DR Plan Effort 29 Starting at Square One 30 How disaster may affect your organization 30 Understanding the role of prevention 31 Understanding the role of planning 31 Resources to Begin Planning 32 Emergency Operations Planning 33 Preparing an Interim DR Plan 34 Staffing your interim DR plan team 35 Looking at an interim DR plan overview 35 Building the Interim Plan 36 Step 1 - Build the Emergency Response Team 37 Step 2 - Define the procedure for declaring a disaster 37 Step 3 - Invoke the interim DR plan 39 Step 4 - Maintain communications during a disaster 39 Step 5 - Identify basic recovery plans 41 Step 6 -...
Autorentext
Peter H. Gregory, CISA, CISSP, is the author of fifteen books on security and technology, including Solaris Security (Prentice Hall), Computer Viruses For Dummies (Wiley), Blocking Spam and Spyware For Dummies (Wiley), and Securing the Vista Environment (O'Reilly).
Peter is a security strategist at a publicly-traded financial management software company located in Redmond, Washington. Prior to taking this position, he held tactical and strategic security positions in large wireless telecommunications organizations. He has also held development and operations positions in casino management systems, banking, government, non-profit organizations, and academia since the late 1970s.
He's on the board of advisors for the NSA-certified Certificate program in Information Assurance & Cybersecurity at the University of Washington, and he's a member of the board of directors of the Evergreen State Chapter of InfraGard.
Klappentext
Create a safety net while you work out your major plan Identify critical IT systems, develop a long-range strategy, and train your people Some disasters get coverage on CNN -- some just create headaches for the affected organization. The right plan will get your business back on track quickly, whether you're hit by a tornado or a disgruntled employee with super hacking powers. Here's how to assess the situation, develop both short-term and long-term plans, and keep them updated. Discover how to: Select your disaster recovery team Conduct a Business Impact Analysis Determine risks Get management support Create appropriate plan documents Test your plan
Zusammenfassung
If you have a business or a nonprofit organization, or if you're the one responsible for information systems at such an operation, you know that disaster recovery planning is pretty vital. But it's easy to put it off.
Inhalt
Foreword xix
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
How This Book Is Organized 2
Part I: Getting Started with Disaster Recovery 2
Part II: Building Technology Recovery Plans 2
Part III: Managing Recovery Plans 2
Part IV: The Part of Tens 3
What This Book Is - and What It Isn't 3
Assumptions about Disasters 3
Icons Used in This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Write to Us! 5
Part I: Getting Started with Disaster Recovery 7
Chapter 1: Understanding Disaster Recovery 9
Disaster Recovery Needs and Benefits 9
The effects of disasters 10
Minor disasters occur more frequently 11
Recovery isn't accidental 12
Recovery required by regulation 12
The benefits of disaster recovery planning 13
Beginning a Disaster Recovery Plan 13
Starting with an interim plan 14
Beginning the full DR project 15
Managing the DR Project 18
Conducting a Business Impact Analysis 18
Developing recovery procedures 22
Understanding the Entire DR Lifecycle 25
Changes should include DR reviews 26
Periodic review and testing 26
Training response teams 26
Chapter 2: Bootstrapping the DR Plan Effort 29
Starting at Square One 30
How disaster may affect your organization 30
Understanding the role of prevention 31
Understanding the role of planning 31
Resources to Begin Planning 32
Emergency Operations Planning 33
Preparing an Interim DR Plan 34
Staffing your interim DR plan team 35
Looking at an interim DR plan overview 35
Building the Interim Plan 36
Step 1 - Build the Emergency Response Team 37
Step 2 - Define the procedure for declaring a disaster 37
Step 3 - Invoke the interim DR plan 39
Step 4 - Maintain communications during a disaster 39
Step 5 - Identify basic recovery plans 41
Step 6 - Develop processing alternatives 42
Step 7 - Enact preventive measures 44
Step 8 - Document the interim DR plan 46
Step 9 - Train ERT members 48
Testing Interim DR Plans 48
Chapter 3: Developing and Using a Business Impact Analysis 51
Understanding the Purpose of a BIA 52
Scoping the Effort 53
Conducting a BIA: Taking a Common Approach 54
Gathering information through interviews 55
Using consistent forms and worksheets 56
Capturing Data for the BIA 58
Business processes 59
Information systems 60…