Comments on: Business Continuity Management Lifecycle and Key Contractual Requirements

By: Ganesh Sonawane

Ganesh Sonawane — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:31:34 +0000

Raj ..

Dipali made an attempt tp provide a basic understanding of BCP /DR …Not for marketting of her classes…Something is better than nothing….

Nice Information…

By: Yashodhan

Yashodhan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:45:25 +0000

Dipali,

Really a nice article. Very useful for the novice. Looks like an interpretation of BS25999 in plain English. Simple approach but highly effective. Congratulations!

Regards,

Yashodhan

By: Nalin Wijetilleke

Nalin Wijetilleke — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:23:01 +0000

I tend to disagree with Raj. Dipali has done a very good attempt to give a comprehensive overview of Business Continuity Management to a beginner. No doubt Risk Assessment is an important element in BCM which she mention in the plan implementation section. Based on the identified Risks, the mitigation plan should be developed and accordingly implemented. I hope I have clarified the doubts. Best regards
Nalin Wijetilleke MBA,CISA,PMP,CBCP,MBCI

By: Dipali Inamdar

Dipali Inamdar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:19:32 +0000

Raj,

BCP is a very vast topic, this article was basically to make people aware about BCP concepts.

The phases are covered in very brief.

Risk assessment is a very vast topic in First phase.I have briefed about it in the first phase if you read it carefully.

I do not find anything misleading in it, as this a very generic document.

Regards,
Dipali Inamdar

By: Shailesh

Shailesh — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:05:26 +0000

Hi Dipali,

A very good article outlining the basics of Business Continuity. A good start for an introducer.

Regards,
Shailesh.

By: Debanjan

Debanjan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:48:51 +0000

Immpressive article.

BCP concept is very important in current situation ,i would like to know more about Disaster Recovery

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:19:58 +0000

Hi Dipali,

In the BCM strategy topic , you havent mentioned anything about the BCM startegies possibly a very high-level over-view which would have been really helpful to teh readers, secondly what i find missing is the important topic Risk assessment which is covered in BCM startegy.

The main concepts are not clearly explained.

Sorry friends ofcourse it is no doubt a good attempt, but quite misguiding.

Regards,

Raj

By: Michael J O'Dell CBCP

Michael J O'Dell CBCP — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:17:22 +0000

I would also note if you are doing business with the Federal government to place close attention to NSPD-51/HSPD-20 in which it clearly defines Federal, state, local, tribal nations and private sector responsibilities to COOP/BCP. If you are under contract with the Federal government providing critical infrastructure support (IT, professional services etc.,) yo have a responsibility to have a viable plan in place. Most RFPs are now requiring BCP from the private sector as a requirement of their response.

By: Sridhar D

Sridhar D — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:09:22 +0000

Some additions to the contractual considerations

-Include provisions to utilise clients infratructure during a DR

-Capture in essence what is important during an event
*Data protection
*Uninterrupted Process continuity
*Knowledge retention

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:16:38 +0000

a good note, sums it all in a nutshell. If however, anyone is interested in extensive training on practical approaches to BCP & DRP implementations, please contact us. More details on trainer profile & other service offerings (CISSP, CISA, CISM, SSCP Trainings, Enterprise Systems & Network design and more)listed on http://www.rabcs.com.

Regards,
Rajesh Pandita CISSP CISM CISA, B.E (C.Sc)
MCDBA, MCSA, MCSE+I, MBITT, BNS, BITIL

(ex-CIO Fortune 10 MNC)
(Corporate Information Systems & Security Trainer)
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