1. Business Continuity Planning
The KISS Method
for
Local Governments
Stanley France

2. Session Goals Raise awareness of potential problems
Provide basic understanding of strategies
Get started developing individual plans

3. Outline What is Business Continuity? Where do the threats come from?
Can I Wing It?
Getting Started
Business Resumption Questions
Developing a Plan
Plan Components
Additional Sources

4. What is Business Continuity
The ability of the government to continue to function under adverse conditions

5. Where do the Threats Come From?
External
Mother Nature - Fire, Flood, Tornado
Utilities & Suppliers - Electrical, telecom, Fuel oil
Human Nature - Terrorists, psychos, hackers
Internal
Facility problems - leaky pipes
Equipment failures - server crash
Disgruntled staff

6. Can I Wing It? Do you have to run for election?
Two components of risk analysis
Figuring likelihood of an event happening
Figuring loss if an event happens
Credibility
Public Health & Safety
Financial
Lost Information
Recovery process

7. Getting Started (Questions From NYS Forum Checklist)
Do you have someone in your organization who is assigned with the responsibility for business continuity planning?
Does business continuity planning have sponsorship at an executive level?
Has your agency identified which systems and processes are essential to the survival of your agency's ability to deliver its core services?
Has your agency determined how quickly essential systems and processes need to be back in operation following a disaster?

8. Business Resumption Questions
Will historical information be required in order to process new information?
Are necessary forms available?
Are trained personnel available?
Is there a work site accessible by the public and with the necessary utilities?
Is necessary hardware, software and data backup available?

9. Developing a Plan
Identify processes likely to need to be recovered together
Sum physical requirements
Identify expertize, hardware, software overlaps
Look for sites with similar configurations and possible extra capacity

10. Plan Components
Identify Emergency Management Leadership & Notification Plan
Establish Disaster Recovery Site Roles
Detailed Lists
Management - Internal & Recripricol
Experts - Functions, Technical, Vendor
Information Sources- Forms, Back Up Tapes, Microfilm
Recovery Priority Order
Public Information Dissemination

11. Additional Sources
Business Continuity Institute
NYS Forum
Business Continuity Planners Association

12. Notes