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PRC–1:
BCP Management
Saturday, March 5, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 6, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$495 per person
Presenter: Randy Till, CBCP
Maureen Stauber, CBCP
Learn
practical and real-life solutions required to establish a business
continuity program within your organization. The key to success
in moving your BCP program
forward
is gaining the foothold within your organization’s culture
and business processes. Till will provide examples, roadblocks
that can be overcome and proven techniques using the 18 years
of experience and knowledge he has gained implementing business
continuity programs within several organizations.
This class will concentrate on the establishment of the BCP program
within your organization, covering the steps necessary to setup
a program, define a vision and work to gain the necessary support
and participation within your company will be discussed in detail.
Following best practices in the industry, you will learn how to
increase the value of business continuity planning within your
organization. Till will share his views on the necessary components
and practices required to establish a comprehensive BCP program
and discuss keys to the successful implementation and integration
of BCP concepts and practices within your company. This class
promises to provide value and insight to the students in attendance.
In addition, each student will receive a free copy of the educational
film “Best Practices in BCP” and will be provided
with practical and valuable strategies, concepts and methods to
support business continuity planning efforts within their organization
Randy
Till, CBCP, is vice president, global business continuity management
for MasterCard International. He has been implementing BC programs
within several organizations during his 18-year career.
Maureen
Stauber, CBCP is MasterCard International’s director of
global business continuity management for technical recovery.
PRC–2:
Risk: Assess, Mitigate, Protect
Saturday, March 5, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 6, 8:00 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
$595 per person
Presenters: Barry Pruitt,
Michael Herrera, CBCP
How to assess threats to your organization; know your level of
mitigation, and when/where to spend limited monies for protection.
Learn key definitions; how to identify
applicable
threats and mitigating controls; and write winning risk event
statements. You’ll learn the pitfalls – and gain insight
– for presenting the risk assessment to executives. As a
professional, you need proven risk approaches as one of the cornerstones
of your BCP program, and the confidence to apply it to your organization.
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Identify the relevant threats: man-made, natural, technology
• The probability of threats: how to know that you know
and prepare for executive questions
• Interviewing: be organized with a system and save time
by asking the right questions
• Site analysis: know how, understand why, and prepare for
future updates
• Level of mitigation: Identify/evaluate mitigating controls,
determine current level of mitigation, document findings and make
recommendations.
• Management report: prioritize threats, report status of
mitigating controls, present the findings/recommendations, and
implement an action plan to address relevant threats, mitigate
risk, and map risk to your BIA.
This
comprehensive session provides tested and proven principles and
practices for identifying and managing risk – don’t
be caught without the necessary skills to protect your organization.
Barry
Pruitt has 22 years experience managing projects major projects,
teaches at USC School of business, and has more than 13 years
consulting and training experience on the topic of risk.
Michael
Herrera, CBCP, is the managing principal of MH & Associates,
has more than 16 years technology, business, and recovery experience,
and knows risk – he has first hand experience with four
major disasters.
PRC–3:
Emergency Operations Center:
The Critical Tool for Event Management
Saturday, March 5, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 6, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$695 per person
Presenter: Regina Phelps
An
emergency operations center (EOC) is critical for effective management
of an event. It allows for command, control and communication
and also helps to prevent the formation of “silos”
that so commonly develop in an emergency environment. This workshop
covers everything you need to know to design both the center and
the management concept.
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Physical design factors
• Incident command cystem
• Equipment and tools
• Who should be involved?
• Sustained operations
• Communication concerns and solutions
• Role of senior management
• Forms and processes
• Virtual EOC’s
Regina
Phelps, CEM, RN, BSN, MPA is an internationally recognized expert
in the field of emergency management and continuity planning.
She is founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions,
a training and consulting company specializing in emergency management,
continuity planning and safety.
PRC–4:
Incident Management Plan Assessment
Saturday, March 5, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 6, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$495 per person
Presenter: Deidrich Towne, Peter Laz
Learn to use the BCP audit checklist developed by PPBI from recognized
standards and industry best practices in this highly interactive
course. Responding to the overwhelming success of its workshop
presentation, PPBI has developed a one and one-half day course
to explore the effectiveness of public and private incident management
plans. You will use the checklist to assess your capability to
assemble, coordinate, collect and channel the resources required
for critical incident management. The tools are free, the simulations
authentic, and the class is practical, useful immediately, and
fun!
Deidrich
Towne, CBCP, is security and disaster recovery manager for NationalGrid,
USA and serves as chairman, PPBI Board of Directors.
Peter
Laz is employed by Forsythe Solutions Group as a Business Continuity
Consultant with over 21 years experience. He has designed, implemented
and managed technology recovery, business resumption and incident
management programs with an international financial services corporation,
a global human resources consulting firm, the largest international
not-for-profit research foundation and a regional health plan.
He is a Board Member of Private and Public Businesses, Inc. (PPBI)
and a Founding Board Member of Business Network of Emergency Resources,
Inc (BNET).
PRC–5:
BC Planning Made Simple
Saturday, March 5, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 6, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$450 per person
Presenter: Norman Harris, CRP
Tracy Cowan, CBCP
Since 9/11 what are we most worried about? Network security?
Physical
security? Terrorist threats? Loss of critical staff? Power outages?
Natural disasters? This interactive class will teach the student
everything he/she needs to know to get started on their DR/BCP.
Bring your laptop to this class and we will provide you with a
CD full of resources, forms and questionnaires to utilize.
Harris will cover the following:
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Risk assessment questionnaires
• Network security questionnaires
• Development of business processes
• Recovery time objectives
• Time lines for recovery
• Development of DR/BCP teams
• Impact on operations
This
unique class is taught by Norm Harris and during the class he
will personally assist you with your SR/BC Plan and insure that
you have all the tools you need. Come to this class for one on
one training, but register early. Space is limited.
Norman
Harris is recognized as a leader in IT management and as founder
of the DRP industry. He is the former chairman and CEO of Harris
Recovery Solutions LLC.
Tracy
Lee Cowan, CBCP, CRP is business continuity/disaster recovery
consultant for ICSI Consulting Services, Inc.
PRC–6: Ready, Set, Exercise: The Full Monty!
Saturday, March 5, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 6, 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
$695 per person
Presenter: Steven B. Goldman
This
workshop is the comprehensive version of Steve Goldman’s
“Ready, Set, Exercise!” seminar. During this hands-on
workshop, you will learn the details of how to set up and conduct
a successful crisis plan exercise.
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Where to begin
§ Types of exercises
§ Getting management support
§ The exercise planning checklist
§ The exercise design dream team
§ Scope, objectives, and extent of play
§ Developing your exercise manual
§ Resources, data, and props
§ Controllers, evaluators, observers and players
§ How to conduct and critique the exercise
§ Leveraging for your next exercise
The
class will become skilled at the exercise development process;
we will also develop a basic exercise scenario. Then we will practice
what you learned as we participate in a table top drill and a
simulated exercise.
Steven
Goldman is a leading crisis management, business continuity, and
crisis communications consultant. He has developed, conducted,
and evaluated more than 100 drills and exercises.