The IT Infrastructure Services (ITIS) approach: Retaining
Balance between cost, risk and protection
The ITIS Business Continuity and Recovery
Solution are guided by a central principle: that effective
recovery planning depends upon the technological and business
acumen to balance risk against protection and recovery cost.
This guiding principle must be constantly applied during
every segment of the planning process to ensure that companies
develop optimized business continuity solutions appropriate
to their strategic objectives and resources.
The NIVID solution supports several distinct
yet integrated initiatives relative to business continuity
planning and execution:
Business Continuity Management:
The complete management process encompassing
all stages of business continuity—from project initiation
and risk assessment through to embedding high-performance
business continuity capabilities within the organization
to ensure plans are tested and maintained regularly. This
process will also cover a wide range of resources, including
equipment, information, processes, communications, personnel
and facilities.
Business Impact Analysis/Risk
Assessment:
The detailed determination of the risks
to which a company is subjected and an analysis of the potential
losses from those risks. This assessment is vital as it
becomes the basis for a cost justifiable solution.
Detailed Business
Continuity Plan:
The step-by-step documentation of crisis
management policies and procedures, and the detailed procedures
required to (1) restore critical resources to an acceptable
level of service following a disaster, and (2) return the
company eventually to normal operations.
Existing Recovery Capability
Review:
A review of existing plans and capabilities
to ensure they provide an appropriate level of protection.
Vital Records Review/Planning:
A departmental assessment to ensure that
a disaster would not result in the loss of business critical
information.
Recovery Technology Implementation:
The selection, design, development and
deployment of tools and technical infrastructure supporting
the recovery procedures to the required level of automation,
and in the required timeframes, from backup tools to the
deployment of a recovery site.
Recovery Readiness Test
Planning:
The definition of regularly-scheduled tests
of different nature and scale to ensure that the recovery
procedures are known by personnel, and that they continue
to be appropriate and effective over time in response to
business and technological change.
