{"product_id":"disaster-recovery-crisis-response-and-business-continuity-a-management-desk-reference-paperback","title":"Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, and Business Continuity: A Management Desk Reference - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJamie Watters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet Watters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're in charge of IT, facilities, or core operations for your organization when a hurricane or a fast-moving wildfire hits. What do you do? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Simple. You follow your business continuity\/disaster recovery plan. If you've prepared in advance, your operation or your company can continue to conduct business while competitors stumble and fall. Even if your building goes up in smoke, or the power is out for ten days, or cyber warriors cripple your IT systems, you know you will survive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But only if you have a plan. You don't have one? \u003cem\u003eThen Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, and Business Continuity: A Management Desk Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, which explains the principles of business continuity and disaster recovery in plain English, might be the most important book you'll read in years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Business continuity is a necessity for all businesses as emerging regulations, best practices, and customer expectations force organizations to develop and put into place business continuity plans, resilience features, incident-management processes, and recovery strategies. In larger organizations, responsibility for business continuity falls to specialist practitioners dedicated to continuity and the related disciplines of crisis management and IT service continuity. In smaller or less mature organizations, it can fall to almost anyone to prepare contingency plans, ensure that the critical infrastructure and systems are protected, and give the organization the greatest chance to survive events that can--and do--bankrupt businesses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A practical how-to guide, this book explains exactly what you need to do to set up and run a successful business continuity program. Written by an experienced consultant with 25 years industry experience in disaster recovery and business continuity, it contains tools and techniques to make business continuity, crisis management, and IT service continuity much easier. If you need to prepare plans and test and maintain them, then this book is written for you. You will learn: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to complete a business impact assessment. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to write plans that are easy to implement in a disaster. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to test so that you know your plans will work. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to make sure that your suppliers won't fail you in a disaster. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to meet customer, audit, and regulatory expectations. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cem\u003eDisaster Recovery, Crisis Response, and Business Continuity: A Management Desk Reference\u003c\/em\u003e will provide the tools, techniques, and templates that will make your life easier, give you peace of mind, and turn you into a local hero when disaster strikes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie Watters has worked in business continuity since 1985. He has seen the field of IT disaster recovery (DR) mature into service continuity and give birth to the related discipline of business continuity. As a leading practitioner, he has innovated in the fields of business continuity, crisis management, work area recovery, and DR. Jamie has set up and run the business continuity and DR programs for leading financial services firms, including Barclays, HSBC, Santander, Nationwide, and Capital One. He has also worked in other sectors, including airlines, retail, wholesale, IT, and consultancy. He is currently the Global BCM Program Manager for Global Banking \u0026amp; Markets at HSBC. He has hands-on experience running BCM programs in all continents except Antartica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47491018326194,"sku":"9781430264064","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/79e57d920bde0b6cd17abbed4c343c83.webp?v=1779386339","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/disaster-recovery-crisis-response-and-business-continuity-a-management-desk-reference-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}