| Shaun and John to Present at ISACA - Houston Chapter |
| Monday, 30 May 2011 00:00 |
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Shaun Williams and John Kulas will present on June 24th, in Houston, at The Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Austin Chapter meeting. ISACA is a professional membership association comprised of individuals interested in the information systems audit, control and security community. This presentation will cover the basics of a truly business and process-centric approach to Business Continuity Planning. Read on for the details of the session and click here for location and registration information. Putting The “Business” back in Business Continuity Planning Organizations large and small must vigilantly insure that the core business functions are able to be recovered during a disaster event. With the passing of each day, organizations grow more complex, and the margin for any downtime at all has basically disappeared. Gartner research found that 93% of organizations that have experienced a significant loss of data are out of business within five years. In addition, IDC research determined that 98% of all companies are adversely affected by unscheduled downtime. According to the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), between 200 and 2008, the average number of disasters per year was 392, and the average annual economic damage was $102.6 billion worldwide. In 2009 alone, there were 335 disasters and economic impacts of over forty billion dollars, almost eleven billion of hat was suffered by companies in the U.S.A. A recent Forrester survey of IT decision-makers showed that improving business continuity and disaster recovery is the number one priority for SMB’s and the second highest priority for large enterprises. At the same time, the scope of business continuity is ever expanding and new regulations appear with great frequency. Over the past ten years there have been at least 22 worldwide government or industry regulations and standards to address business continuity and disaster recovery. The ISO has now released a draft global standard and the U.S.A. Department of Homeland Security has adopted the final standards for the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program. It seems like it would go without saying that the business teams from most organizations should, in theory, be vested in the overall BCP process … Right? Why then do most BCP initiatives end up being run by I.T.? Why are so many organizations still unprepared? During this one-hour informational session, Shaun Williams and John Kulas, from The Operari Group, will cover the basics of a truly business and process-centric approach to Business Continuity Planning. Making sure your organization has the right BCP strategy can be challenging. At best, many organizations see BCP as compliance cost or task to be completed and reviewed by the audit team; however, the Operari approach is different. Your BCP process can provide value to your business operations by being the first step towards:
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