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NTC/411 Week Three Team Assignment: Business Continuity Plan

Development of a business continuity plan for network security and resilience.

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    Running head: WEEK T HREE TEAM ASSIGNMENT: Business Continuity P lan 1 Week T hree Team Assignment: Business Continuity P lan NTC/411 In developing a Business Continuity Plan (BCP), it is essential to consider both physical and technical vulnerabilities that could impact operations. Using Riordan Manufacturing's vulnerability analysis as a case study, explain the importance of identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in both physical and technical aspects. How can these mitigation strategies be integrated into the BCP to ensure effective disaster recovery? Provide a detailed response (300 - 400 words) explaining how addressing these vulnerabilities can contribute to a comprehensive business continuity strategy.

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    W EEK THREE TEAM ASSIGNMENT: Business Continuity P lan 2 Week Two Team Assignment: Project Outline Outline 1. Introduction a. Scope/purpose of presentation 1) Justification of business continuity plan A large number of catastrophic events in the last decade have demonstrated the alarming vulnerability of the U.S. and other nations around the globe to terrorist activity and natural disasters. Regardless of the predictability of these events, it is imperative in these days to establish emergency preparedness and response programs to minimize or eliminate the negative impact that business disruption may cause. The following set of guidelines is a work in progress and is presented to provide standard procedures to maintain business continuity during Crisis, Emergencies and or Disaster that may negatively affect our normal operation. It is envisioned as a beginning, to establish a foundation from which to build and continuously improve a formal Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that will be focused in the safety and security of our employees, prevent infrastructure damages and maintain business continuity while minimizing the impact on our clients, suppliers, partners and/or consultants. Additionally, these guidelines shall provide preventive procedures along with the basic standard procedures for returning to normal operations following business disruption of any nature. Disaster recovery has always be en associated with a company’s information technology systems mainly the servers, switches and data storage devices. The livelihood of any company is its data and the need for redundancy, whether inside the same building or at a remote site. The recession that has hit us for the last 10 years caused many corporations and small business to have had to eliminate the redundancies that were provided for their data storage because the cost of maintaining them was cutting into profits. Threats other than a company’s network can cripple the company’s goodwill, reputation and the ability to deliver their products to the customer , meet market expectation and customers’ demands. Continuity planning needs to meet the needs of today’s business , their customers and the entire org anization . Business continuity will encompass the customers’ expectations, the views and process of what the customer expects regardless of dollar value and the critical operations which the company must protect. The protection that is implemented will include mitigation through the development of a contingency plan , disaster recovery, risk financing activities , and risk control services . a) Project management and initiation is essential for a company if it plans on surviving a disaster, the first thing that needs to happen is to conduct a risk analysis to establish a need for business continuity. Establish a Business Continuity Coordinator (BCC) who will ensure business departments understand the continuity process; provide solutions once risks are identified and help minimize risks. If an incident occurs the BCC will be responsible for the recovery of business and critical functions. A work plan will need to be developed that will

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