Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

After having reviewed and being impressed by your business impact analysis (BIA), senior management at Health Network has decided that your team must also develop a BCP. Management has allocated all funds for a BCP and your team has their full support, as well as permission to contact any of them directly for participation or inclusion in your BCP plan. You have been assigned to develop this new plan.

Winter storms on the East Coast have affected the ability of Health Network employees to reach the Arlington offices in a safe and timely manner. However, no BCP plan currently exists to address corporate operations. The Arlington office is the primary location for business units, such as Finance, Legal, and Customer Support. Some of the corporate systems, such as the payroll and accounting applications, are located only in the corporate offices. Each corporate location is able to access the other two, and remote virtual private network (VPN) exist between each Production data center and the corporate locations.

The corporate systems are not currently being backed up and should be addressed in the new plan. The BCP should also include some details regarding how the BCP will be tested.

You may refer to the following additional resources to help you and your team develop a BCP, and you may use a BCP template if found during your research.

References:

• Guide to Business Continuity Management: Frequently Asked Questions (Protiviti, 2013),
  http://www.protiviti.com/en-US/Documents/Resource-Guides/Guide-to-BCM-Third-Edition-Protiviti.pdf
• Business Continuity Plan (Ready.gov), http://www.ready.gov/business/implementation/continuity

Evaluation Criteria and Rubrics

• Did the student develop a BCP that could recover business operations while efforts are ongoing to restart pervious operations?
• Did the student completely fill out a BCP template if found during their research?
• Did the student completely understand BCP concepts presented in class?
• Did the student develop a BCP test plan with correct processes?
• Did the student create a professional, well-developed report with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation?

ProjectPart 2 Task 3: Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)

Your project on risk management, the BIA, and the BCP have been well received by senior management at Health Network. They now want you to develop a DRP in order to overcome any mishaps that might occur in the future. You may research and use National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) templates to develop a DRP plan for the company.

Evaluation Criteria and Rubrics

• Did the student develop a DRP that could recover business operations while efforts are ongoing to restart pervious operations?
• Did the student completely fill out the template found in their research?
• Did the student completely understand the DRP constructs presented in class?
• Did the student create a professional, well-developed report with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation?

Project Part 2 Task 4: Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) Plan

By now you should have developed an RA, a risk mitigation plan, and a BIA, BCP, and DRP.

In this part of the project, you will create a CIRT plan for Health Network. The company headquarters (HQ) handles all incidents because the information security organization is located in Minneapolis, so the plan will have its roots at HQ. Make sure to incorporate your instructor’s feedback on earlier submissions if applicable to the CIRT plan.

Evaluation Criteria and Rubrics

• Did the student consider the inputs provided in their earlier submissions?
• Did the student develop a sound CIRT plan?
• Did the student create a professional, well-developed report with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation?

Risk Management Plan Final Submission

After creating the CIRT plan, compile all project parts and submit to your instructor. Make sure to incorporate your instructor’s feedback on the previous submissions in the final risk management plan.

Evaluation Criteria and Rubrics

• Did the student consider the inputs provided in their earlier submissions?
• Did the student develop sound plans based on the requirements described during the project phases?
• Did the student provide clear and easy-to-understand documentation, which may include tables and other presentation elements?
• Did the student create a professional, well-developed report with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation?