Business Continuity Planning Simplified

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• Business Continuity Planning Simplified
• CC Pace BCP Tool Preview

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Introducing the CC Pace BCP Tool

• The CC Pace BCP Tool was designed with bankers
  for bankers.
• The methods and reports are the same high quality
  tools that our consultants employ when performing
  BC Planning for our clients - but at a fraction
  of the cost.
• The system is internet based, allowing for
  flexible access.
• This tool was designed for rapidly changing
  threat environments, to think beyond a single
  site event, and to facilitate maintainability.

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CC Pace BCP Tool Preview

• The tool has four level of access
• Project Administrator your BCP Manager,
  responsible for the overall maintenance of the
  plan, identification of business units, systems,
  vendors, facilities and team members.
• Business Unit Leaders responsible for the
  identification of all business functions within
  their unit, and the assignment of those functions
  to a manager.
• Function Managers identified by the Business
  Unit Leader, Function Managers will be guided
  through a series of questions that will generate
  a corporate wide Business Impact Analysis and
  therefore prioritize each function according to
  its overall criticality.
• Emergency Management Team generally comprised
  of executive management and board members, this
  team will be able to drill down into each
  business unit and function to quickly determine
  what must be done in the event of an emergency.

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Overview

• Each user has a distinct series of screens that
  are dynamically built based upon the user who
  logged into the system.
• Users will only see the components they are
  allowed to access. They can be held accountable
  for the work they must perform via monitoring
  tools accessible to the project manager, business
  unit leads and emergency management team members.

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The Project Administrator

• Each user has a customized help screen, custom
  tabs and links to pertinent external resources.
• The Project Administrator begins by creating the
  project and entering corporate-wide data.

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The Project Administrator

• The PA will
• create the project,
• identify business units, systems, facility
  locations, remote facility options,
• vendors and so on.
• Once the project is set-up the PA can then
  monitor the progress of each business unit and
  function.

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The Project Administrator

• This screen is used to create users of the
  system.
• Gathering this information in advance is
  critical, but easily maintained after the initial
  creation.

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The Project Administrator

• All business units are identified on this screen.
• In addition, systems are identified and assigned
  to each business unit to facilitate the Business
  Impact Analysis.
• In most cases there will be a one to one ratio
  between business units and managers.

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The Project Administrator

• The Project Administrator has a checklist to
  ensure that all information has been gathered and
  uploaded properly into the system.

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The Project Administrator

• Once all components of the project have been
  completed, the PA is responsible for report
  generation.
• The final report is built in MS Word to allow for
  maximum flexibility. The report is easily sent
  out to individual business units on an as needed
  basis.

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The Business Unit Leader

• The Business Unit Leaders are responsible for
  identifying all functions that exist within their
  unit.
• Once the functions have been identified and
  assigned to a manager, the progress of each is
  easily tracked through this status page.

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The Business Unit Leader

• This screen is used to create, edit, and delete
  functions as well as to assign users to the
  function for further analysis.

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The Business Unit Leader

• The Business Unit Leader is responsible for
  assigning a primary remote facility for each
  function within his or her unit, as well as
  assigning a level of criticality to each system
  the unit employs.

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The Business Unit Leader

• All users are responsible for maintaining their
  own contact information within the system.
• A non-work number is required in addition to the
  work number.

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The Function Manager

• The Function Manager has only one, yet very
  important tab they must work with.
• 37 questions must be answered pertaining to their
  function, including criticality, manual process,
  identification of cross trained employees, etc.
• The answers will drive the overall business
  impact analysis and determine which processes
  MUST be performed in order to continue business
  in the event of a disaster.

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The Emergency Management Team

• The Emergency Management Team has read-only
  access to the entire corporate plan with the
  ability to
• drill into each business unit, and applicable
  functions
• view information regarding the unit or function,
• view status
• view answers to submitted questions
• view top line reports at the company level.

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The Reports

• As processes are completed the Project
  Administrator can generate reports that may be
  exported to an applicable MS Application.
• Data is then placed into the BCP Template for
  final approval and formatting.

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The Reports

• The final report contains section by section
  corporate plans, forms for reporting, EMT
  procedures, general legal language, etc.
• Institutions may choose to amend some language
  within the document to further customize the
  report.
• MS Word is used for report creation to facilitate
  customization.

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Thats Great! What does it Cost?

• CC Pace offers this tool in three forms
• Purchase the tool only for 3,500.
• Purchase the tool in conjunction with consulting
  support.
• Our highly trained professionals will guide your
  BCP manager through the process, assist with
  implementation and leave the tool behind for your
  maintenance. The costs will vary depending upon
  the size of your institution, and a statement of
  work would be required.
• CC Pace will create your BCP for you using this
  tool, and will leave the tool behind for your
  future updating.
• Our consultants will create your initial plan
  using this tool, and conducting a series of
  interviews with the appropriate individuals. The
  costs will vary depending upon the size of your
  institution, and a statement of work would be
  required.

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Interested? Contact Us
CC Pace 4100 Monument Corner Dr Suite
400 Fairfax, Virginia 22030 703.631.6600 www.ccpac
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