Business Continuity and You

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Business Continuity and You!

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

July 2008
Business and Finance
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Business Continuity Planning is working out how
to stay in business in the event of disaster.
Wikipedia
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Business Continuity Plan

• Plan is individualized for each area
• Activities that would need to occur during and
  after a disaster
• Identification of Roles during a disaster
• Assures that business continues despite major
  disruption in operations

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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
• Protects the Organization

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Site Event Management(SEM)

• Addresses the immediacy of the event
• Identifies Team Leader
• Identifies the teams and their tasks
• Defines communication procedures
• Defines damage assessment procedures

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Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

• Identifies and Prioritizes Key Processes
• Defines actions and steps for three scenarios
  (for each process)
• Loss of personnel for extended time period
• Loss of equipment, data, or applications
• Loss of building
• Identifies Necessary Assets

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Planning Cycle
Quarterly Review
Quarterly Update
Drills
Plan Creation
Education Training
Wikipedia/OSU
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2008 to 2009 Plan

• Update of the continuity software
• Quarterly Updates and Reviews
• Semi-Annual Drills
• Annual joint drills (2 or more areas)

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Flow of Incident Response
Emergency Response (Fire Dept., Public Safety,
EHS, Others)
University Emergency Operations Center (EOC) if
needed (University Leadership)
ACTION ( Owner)
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?

• Can you name two things that you should do in the
  event of a disaster?
• Who is your team leader?
• Where is your gathering site if you need to
  evacuate the building?
• Where is the nearest
• Pull station
• Exit