Breakout
Session Track 2
Monday - March 7, 2005- 2:45
pm - 3:45 pm |
Strategic
Session 2
Novice/intermediate/Advanced
Next
Generation Continuity Planning: Simpler and More Effective
Carla Blum
Motorola
During
2004 Motorola completely revised its BC program so it is simpler
and easier to implement. This presentation will review Motorola’s
experience and will discuss how other companies might apply this
approach to their own operations. We will discuss a short-form
BIA with a straightforward test for criticality; standard process
maps designating operations presumed to be business-critical;
two bottom-line criteria for setting recovery time objectives;
a checklist for suppliers; and an eight-step continuity plan.
The complete program guide and other materials used by Motorola
will also be shared with participants.
Carla Blum is the manager of business continuity and crisis
management at Motorola. She is responsible for helping to develop
and teach programs and exercises for business continuity and crisis
management to our teams worldwide.
Managerial
Session 2
Intermediate /Advanced
Managing
a Business Continuity Plan Development Project
Virginia M. Miller, CBCP
Two Seven, Inc.
This
presentation will walk participants through the steps of managing
a business continuity plan development project from both the technical
and business perspectives. It will address project scoping, task
delineation, and hours estimating for conducting a business impact
analysis, risk assessment, recovery strategy design, plan development
and recovery team training. It will also address managing executive
expectations, conducting presentations as well as common pit falls
and lessons-learned from successfully managing more than 30 BCP
projects.
Virginia Miller is currently with TwoSeven, Inc. and has
more than 20 years experience in the IT profession. She has provided
information security and business recovery consulting services
internationally to Fortune 100 companies, the U.S. Department
of Defense, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the New
York City Transit Authority.
Technical
Session 2
Intermediate/Advanced
Creating
Information Technology Recovery Plans
Scott L. North
First Charter Bank
Information
technology (IT) is one of the key areas to include in any business
continuity plan. For the average BCP employee with a limited knowledge
of IT, this can be an intimidating task. Using an organized, project
management approach, this session helps to define the major components
of the plan, issues to be addressed, and staff required in order
to produce a working and testable IT recovery plan. The attendee
will leave with tangible ideas and templates on how to create
this critical component of their overall business continuity plan.
Scott North is a senior manager of information security and
business continuity for First Charter Bank, with more than 18
years of practical experience, mostly in the financial services
industry. He received his MBA from the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte in 1981.
Emergency
Response Session 2
Novice/Intermediate
Implement
Business Continuity for Minimal Cost
Ray Castellano
Public Service Enterprise Group
Do
you need a governance strategy in your organization to facilitate
the business continuity planning process? Are you frustrated by
the cost and complexity of business continuity solutions? Learn
how to quickly implement business continuity solutions in your
organization – regardless of its size. See an organization’s
business continuity planning process and learn how to provide
the information and data executives are concerned about –
such as:
This
workshop will start you on a path to gather the data you’ll
need to increase the confidence that your organization can survive
the unexpected.
Ray Castellano is a Principal at Public Service Enterprise
Group, an energy and energy services company headquartered in
Newark, NJ. Ray has worked at PSEG for 24 years and has held numerous
positions in the Information Technology Department including Business
Partner, Enterprise IT Architect, and Director-Project Management
Office.
After
the Northeast Power Blackout in August 2003, Ray was asked to
assess the organizations business continuity capabilities. He
is presently leading a focused effort to increase assurance that
critical business processes will be maintained in a manner consistent
with business needs and risks following a major disaster.
Ray
has a BS and MS in electrical engineering from New Jersey Institute
of Technology.
Advanced Session 2
Advanced
Initiating
Business Continuity Planning for Terrorism Threats Facing Every
Organization
Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D.
Pepperdine Univ.
In
the aftermath of 9-11, awareness of the risks of terrorism against
corporate and public targets in North America has grown exponentially.
Analysis on terrorist vulnerabilities and risks have begun in
many work rooms, but there remains too few standard approaches
to such preparation. This session seeks to offer a summary of
approaches and representative models of contemporary best practices
to vividly illustrate and document the lessons learned in previous
terror attacks. This session will feature a short film on best
practices that is appropriate for senior managers, executives,
and all employees in your organization.
Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D. is the Blanche E. Seaver Professor
of Communication and chair of the communication division at Pepperdine
University. He is a recognized expert on organizational systems,
human factors during organizational crises, and organizational
communication assessment.
Information
Session 2
Novice /Intermediate/Advanced
Certificates,
Credentials, and Degrees: The Education and Training of BCP and
Emergency Management Professionals
Numerous
academic, private and public certifications are becoming commonplace.
What are the issues and challenges facing education and training
organizations, and what are the implications for business continuity
planners and emergency managers? There is some resistance amongst
veteran first responders who are unimpressed with classroom training
replacing years of on-scene experience as the best way to prepare
emergency management or disaster recovery leaders. We’ll
examine the best practices and explore the standards, certification
and accreditation programs paving the way in the post 9/11 world.
Dr. Thomas D. Phelan, president, Strategic Teaching Associates,
Inc., is a founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security. Dr. Phelan was named to the IBM Worldwide Crisis Response
Team in 2002.
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