Sessions/Workshops


Strategic Session 4
Novice/Intermediate

Auditors and Regulators are Your Friends!

Lori Broache
Continuity Mgmt. Solutions Inc.

Evan Sicle
Commercebank, NA

In today’s fast-paced and interconnected world, an organization’s business continuity program may be the difference between going out of business and staying in business should a disaster occur. This high intensity, interactive session will focus on how you can partner with your Industry Regulators and Internal Auditors to drive your BCP program to the next level. Learn the tools you need to create internal BCP awareness campaigns that include all five phases of BCP planning.
Lori Broache, an internationally recognized speaker and strategist in the areas of risk management and brand strategy, is a principal with Continuity Management Solutions.
Evan Sicle, PMP is the operational risk officer for Commercebank, N.A providing professional, specialized skills relating to the development and coordination of the bank’s BCP and Sarbanes-Oxley internal control attestation.

Managerial Session 4
Intermediate/Advanced

The Legal Effect of Statutes, Regulations and NFPA 1600

Denis Binder
Chapman Univ. School of Law

NFPA 1600 plays a critical role in determining your professional duty. Sarbanes-Oxley, as a statute, may impose even higher standards. However, neither statutes nor professional codes necessarily establish a legal duty. Under Tort Law (the law of personal injury), conduct is normally measured by the flexible standard of reasonable care under the circumstances. Statutes, administrative regulations, and professional codes play a large, but often misunderstood, role in establishing legal standards of care. The courts decide the legal weight accorded professional codes, such as NFPA 1600, and usually adopt them in imposing civil liability. This presentation will address these varying issues.
Professor Binder has taught law for more than three decades, with degrees from the University of San Francisco and the University of Michigan. He is a legal expert on the issues of infrastructure and professional standards.

Technical Session 4
Intermediate

Recovery, Continuity & Resiliency Planning for Information Lifecycle Management

Frank Leonetti
StorageTek

As companies continue to see terrorism, power outages and natural disasters as the greatest threat to business continuity, they are failing to plan for more mundane disruptions. Even low-profile disruptions such as data loss can drastically alter or threaten a company’s business continuity. Storage environments protect companies from likely internal disasters by providing cost-effective and time-efficient solution plans that effectively support business capabilities under any adverse, fast changing, or unexpected event. Such plans help companies reduce the risk of business interruption, shorten recovery time, maintain public confidence and increase likelihood of compliance with regulations. This session will focus on the importance of assessing, designing, testing, implemententing and managing data through its lifecycle for business continuity.
Frank Leonetti is professional services practice manager, business continuity and education services at StorageTek. He has more than 20 years of experience.

Emergency Response Session 4
Advanced

Reporting and Monitoring Tools for BC Projects and Programs

Glen Curole, CBCP
Int’l Paper

Get senior management’s attention with clear, easy to understand at a glance, status reports. Learn about a non-proprietary project management tool that has been specifically adapted for use in the business continuity field. Track plan development, BIA progress, compliance across the enterprise and even significant components required for recovery of data centers. This tool is simple to adapt, easy to use and scalable.
Glen Curole is the business continuity manager for International Paper. He is a Certified Business Continuity Professional and has more than 15 years experience in the business continuity/disaster recovery field.

Advanced Session 4
Advanced

Moving Towards the Next “Higher Level” of BCP
In Today’s Changing Business Environment

Randy Till
MasterCard Intl.

This session will review the evolving face of BCP in today’s changing business climate. Learn how today’s business dynamics and demands require the reinvention of the BCP program in order to move towards the next "Higher Level". This approach will require companies to revisit the BCP function to gain a strategic focus and perspective within the organization. The key challenge will be to develop and design a strong BCP program that can be integrated into an organization’s value proposition while aligning with the overall mission of the company. The move towards organizational sustainability and resiliency places a new emphasis on the evolution of business continuity that requires a holistic approach to protect the future viability of an 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.


Information Session 4
Intermediate/Advanced

Double Whammy

Gregg Jacobsen, CBCP
ACP

Worst-case scenarios are hard enough to plan for as it is. What if you gave a disaster and no one came? It’s your basic “double whammy.” Hidden beneath the surface of many well-managed programs is a true challenge to one of our most basic assumptions: when a disaster is declared, response teams will report when contacted. The contingency planner’s focus is always on “what to do when bad things happen,” but the best of exercise scenarios isn’t likely to catch this one. Almost anyone will support a plan walk-through or respond to a call tree exercise. But other issues (personal & family safety, for one) arise when “it’s real.” This session will consider organizational factors of enterprise operations, and how they are impacted by culture personal values and other factors. Attendees will be encouraged to raise questions and issues for further discussion and come away with tips on how to apply organization theory to manage this risk practically.
Gregg Jacobsen, CBCP is president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners. He has more than eight years’ experience as a business continuity professional.

 

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