Business Continuity Planning

Anne-Marie McLaughlinEmergency Management & Business Continuity 04/22/2015

04/22/2015

Recap: Last Two Business Continuity Planning Sessions

▸ Tabletop Exercise – Worksheet ▸ Critical Functions▸ Tiers

1 Must be completed within 24 hours

2 Must be resumed between 24-72 hours.

3 Can wait 3 days but not a week. Must be resumed within a week.

4 Must be resumed between a week and a month.

<24 hrs

24-72 hrs

72 hrs-1 wk

1 wk-1 month

04/22/2015

Scenarios and Solutions

• Meeting space, contact info for staff

• Alternate space in other buildings

• Work from Home • Online Learning • Cloud storage of key

Documents • VPN Loss of Building

• Cross-training within department

• Partnerships with other departments or UMass Campuses

Staff Absent

• Cloud storage of key Documents (Limits of VPN)

• Chargers for Ipads, Phones

• Generator power for Labs

Loss of Utility

04/22/2015

Next Steps

Keep working on your department

worksheets.

Arrange for a department

training workshop if interested.

Be ready for the official form for your business

continuity plan