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Time
12 hours 57 minutes
Difficulty
Intermediate
CEU/CPE
13
Video Transcription
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>> We've talked about what business continuity is and
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what the disaster appropriate process should entail,
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but how and when do you actually declare disaster?
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In this lesson, we're going to talk about how
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disasters are declared, and then what
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should be considered when designing an effective
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>> disaster recovery / business continuity process,
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>> and then what are the roles and
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responsibilities within
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the business continuity / disaster recovery process.
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Overall, when it comes to
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disaster recovery and business continuity,
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an organization should really think through
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what circumstances could potentially
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compromise or inhibit
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our critical business functions and what are
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the underlying technological pieces that need to be
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maintained to
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preserve our business and continue operations.
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Thinking about it that way can
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really help figure out what
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are the criterias for actually declaring a disaster.
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If you just leave it up to human judgment,
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people may be either reticent or to gung-ho
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about declaring a disaster and use
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resources in an ineffective manner.
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Creating specific criteria for
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either operational metrics or
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availability metrics that are used to declare
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disasters can help expedite
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the process and create clarity about when
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a disaster recovery scenario
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needs to be declared and implemented.
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Another important thing is determining who
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within the organization can declare a disaster.
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Then it's real important to assign
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this role because it's up to that person's judgment and
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then also in a business continuity situation
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>> when that person isn't available,
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>> who then takes on
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>> the responsibility of declaring and coordinating
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disaster recovery should that
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first individual not be available.
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Then within any disaster recovery
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or business continuity process,
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you want to break out the roles,
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whether it's restoring the technical operations,
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coordinate communication of the media,
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coordinating interaction, or communication with
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any fire and rescue services that
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are needed to specific individuals.
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Make sure those people understand
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their roles and responsibilities.
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What materials or plans exist and ensure that
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the disaster recovery and business continuity process
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>> is rehearsed often so that people know
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>> what they need to do,
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>> what their role entails, and how to do it.
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Let's reflect for a moment.
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How's the disaster recovery process
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initiated in your organization?
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Many people aren't always exactly sure how it works,
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so I would ask you really to look at
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your disaster recovery plans, and more importantly,
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look at your business continuity planning scenarios.
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A year ago, I don't think that many organizations had
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global pandemic in their business continuity strategy.
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However, more than ever,
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we've realized that it looks incredibly disruptive.
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Organizations had to have their
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>> employees work from home immediately
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>> and quarantine to effectively try
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>> to mitigate the pandemic.
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>> I'm sure you attend many
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business continuity strategies now.
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That takes us to our second question,
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how familiar are you with
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>> your disaster recovery process?
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>> This is an important thing to
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learn about and understand because it'll help
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you get a better understanding of
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those critical elements within
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your business or identified disconnect
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between the technical perspective
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of the critical elements
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and the business' perception of
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the critical elements for continuity.
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Then what business continuity situations
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have your organization considered?
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The plan should really be restricted to
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those things that can directly affect
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the most critical aspects of operations
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and those things that are most
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likely and we'll have the highest impact.
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You can't plan for every scenario,
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so you've to be disciplined about what are
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the most likely things to happen.
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In summary, we talked about the thought process
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for declaring a disaster.
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We also talked about the roles
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and responsibilities that are
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needed for effective business continuity
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and disaster recovery.
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Then we went a little bit into reflecting
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on how should an organization create
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criteria around disaster recovery
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and business continuity declarations.
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I'll see you in the next module.
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