Business Continuity and You

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Business Continuity and You!

• The Ohio State University
• Business Finance
• Enterprise Continuity Program
• Quarterly Update

October 2008
Business and Finance
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Importance of Business Continuity

• Reduces confusion during and after a crisis
• Reduces loss of life
• Provides a roadmap to a faster recovery
• Pools resources if crisis is widespread

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Importance of Business Continuity

• Saves and Protects
• Reputation of the Organization
• Lines of business
• Service offerings
• Money
• Jobs

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Creation of Plan

• Identification of a Team Leader Planning Team
• Facilitated Sessions by B F Enterprise
  Continuity Coordinator
• Utilization of Business Continuity Software
• Education and Training of Employees

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Phase I

• Rolodex
• Creation of Call Tree
• Identification of key vendors agencies OSU
  depts
• Internal Key Contacts (OSU)
• Response Tasks
• Command Control Team
• Crisis Communication Team
• Damage Assessment Team
• Safety Security Team
• Alternate Locations
• Emergency Operations Center

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Phase II

• Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
• Identify Business Processes
• Assign Recovery Time Objectives
• Prioritize Processes
• Recovery Teams Tasks
• Create continuity strategy for each process
• Unavailability of 60-80 staff
• Unavailability of key applications/assets/equipmen
  t
• Unavailability of building and all contents

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Phase III

• Assets
• Identify assets needed to restore each process to
  minimum level of service
• Equipment, applications, T-com, vital records
• Risk Identification
• Identify risks mitigation strategies per risk
• Assign owners target dates
• Exercise Preparation
• Identify participants
• Choose scope create scenario scoring criteria

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Planning Cycle
Quarterly Review
Quarterly Update
Drills
Plan Creation
Education Training
Wikipedia /OSU
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Flow of Incident Response
ACTION ( Owner)
Emergency Response (Fire Dept., Public Safety,
EHS, Others)
University Emergency Operations Center (EOC) if
needed (University Leadership)
Evacuation / Shelter-in-Place (All Affected)
Business Continuity (Individual Units /
Departments)
Time
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
(Emergency Preparedness Coordinator)
Continuity Plans (Individual Units / Departments)
Federal, State, Local, and OSU Guidelines
Emergency Operations Evacuation Plan (EHS)
Guiding Document
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What is Your Role?

• Did you give the most up to date phone ?
• Do you have specialized skills that could be used
  in a disaster?
• Have you made plans at home in the event of a
  disaster?