selecting a business continutiy planning tool

STANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESSelecting aBusiness Continuity Planning ToolIntroductory CommentsEDUCAUSE eLive PresentationFebruary 27, 2007STANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESFebruary 27, 2007Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Toolpage 1Introduction AgendaObjectives and Format of Today’s SessionWhy a Business Continuity Planning Tool?STANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESFebruary 27, 2007Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Toolpage 2Objective of Today’s SessionToday we’ll cover:•The selection process for choosing a BCP Tool•Important criteria in selecting a BCP Tool•Lessons learned from past selectionsToday is NOT about:•Pros and Cons of specific vendors or tools•Discussion of tool deployment process (this may come later)STANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESFebruary 27, 2007Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Toolpage 3Format of Today’s SessionOverview and Background (this presentation)Tool Selection Process Experiences•Katina Blue, CBCPDirector of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, North Carolina State University •Betty Hawkins, CBCP, SSCPSenior Project Manager, University of South CarolinaSTANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESFebruary 27, 2007Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Toolpage 4AssumptionsThroughout the presentations today, we make the assumption that you’re familiar with the following concepts•Business Continuity (BC) vs. Disaster Recovery (DR)•Incident vs. Disaster•Table Top Exercise•Hot Site Rehearsal•Recovery Time Objective (RTO)•Recovery Point Objective (RPO)•Business Impact Analysis (BIA)STANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESFebruary 27, 2007Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Toolpage 5Business Continuity Planning in Higher EdThere may be a “silo” approachLack of a consistent planning approach across departmentsThe plans may not be maintained consistentlySTANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESFebruary 27, 2007Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Toolpage 6Why Use a BCP Tool?Provide a common platform for use across the enterpriseUse a standardized approach to continuity planningProvide structure and guidance to the planning processIntegrate Business Continuity Planning, Emergency Response Planning, and Disaster Recovery PlanningSTANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESFebruary 27, 2007Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Toolpage 7High Level ConsiderationsEase of UseFlexibility to meet the needs of individual schools and departmentsAbility to integrate with existing systems and other business continuity planning and event management toolsDecide whether to choose “hosted” option or run in-houseSTANFORD UNIVERSITY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICESFebruary 27, 2007Selecting a Business Continuity Planning Toolpage 8What Questions Do You Have?What questions do you have before we turn to our first panelist?