Assignment
Instructions
1. Review The Executive Summary (pages ES-1 & ES-2), and Chapters 1 and 2 (pages 1-13) [Note: in Acrobat these are pages 11-25] of the "Contingency Planning Guide for Information Technology Systems" site from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2010. nistspecialpublication800-34r1.pdf
2. Review the in particular the list under "Technology/Management." On the " kpmg-checklistpdf'
3. "Governing Information Technology Risk", by Parent and Reich, California Management Review, 2009
Read the material on contingency planning, disaster recovery plans, and governing risk to prepare yourself for this assignment, in which you will assess and critic a disaster recovery plan. Disaster recovery plans typically include this content:
• Identification of the most critical systems
• Impact analysis of systems outage, with maximum amount of time the organization can survive with systems down
• Risk assessment of probability of disasters
• Identification of mission-critical systems, their files and location of backups
• Action plan for handling mission-critical systems in the event of an outage
• Procedures to follow during and after a disaster (recovery)
• Schedule for testing the disaster recovery plan
• Evidence of management support and funding for disaster recovery planning
Task
Use the DR plan and description of an organization provided to you for this assignment - TX4EVIITDisasterRecoveryPlan.pdf
1. Describe the process (steps) you would use in any organization to develop and deploy a business continuity and disaster recovery plan.
2. Critically review the Texas A&M plan provided and suggest ways to improve, note any missing elements, and provide any other suggestions you have for the development team. This assessment and process description should be no more than 3000 words. Please cite any material using MLA style if necessary.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.