Business continuity

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When information is the key asset, business continuity depends entirely on availabilty of information and the systems which manage it

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Business continuity - putting information at the heart of the plan

Managing and assuring information is becoming an increasingly critical part of business continuity. Does the Council of the Future focus pur planning not so much on the protection of the physical asset as the protection of the information asset?

Publication date:

11/2009

| Tags: Business continuity, Information assurance, Business continuity/disaster recovery, Information management/Information assurance

"When information is the key asset, business continuity depends entirely on availability of information and the systems which manage it"

| Tags: Business continuity

Council of the Future

Regional disaster recovery strategic review

Client name:

West Yorkshire Heads of IT

The project issues
The Heads of IT in seven public authorities in West Yorkshire jointly commissioned a major strategic review to assess and benchmark the current status of IT Disaster Recovery Planning in the region. Our responsibilities included the production of an influential report which highlighted the strategic options for developing joint capabilities to achieve regional resilience.

The objectives of this assignment were to:

| Tags: Business continuity, Yorkshire and Humber, Business continuity/disaster recovery

Business continuity report

Client name:

Swindon Borough Council

The Council was in the process of contracting a Strategic Partner for a range of services including ICT but required an interim disaster recovery solution to minimise current risk. Socitm Consulting provided a specification and assisted with procurement of a solution, thereby providing contingencies to assist the Council in providing business continuity for critical IT services during this transitional period.

| Tags: Business continuity, English unitaries, South West, Business continuity/disaster recovery

Business Continuity Management Plan

Client name:

Ealing Homes

Ealing Homes has a comprehensive Business Continuity Management Planning framework in place following expert guidance from Socitm Consulting. The Business Continuity Plan identifies Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objectives for mission-critical capabilities, while highlighting single-points-of failure and vulnerabilities. It also provides an incident management framework for the whole organisation to British Standard BS 25999-1:2006. The Plan will ensure that Ealing Homes can continue to provide an acceptable level of services to customers and partners regardless of any threat or disruption to its infrastructure or operations.

| Tags: Business continuity, Business continuity/disaster recovery