BC Planning Made Simple 

Presented By: Norman Harris, CBCP, CRP and Tracy Cowan, CBCP, CRP

For $295 per person, this unique class taught, by Norm Harris and Tracy Cowan, will provide you with the tools you need to start or enhance your program.  During the class, you will personally gain valuable knowledge required to start, finish, test and maintain your DR/BC plan. BC Planning Made Simple will provide you with the tools you need to get the job done and done right. Mr. Harris is recognized as a leader in IT management and as the founder of the DRP industry. He is the former chairman and CEO of The Harris Recovery Group, Inc. The Harris Recovery Institute, and is presently President of HARRIS Recovery Solutions, LLC. Ms. Cowan has taught and worked with numerous companies/organizations in assisting them in their recovery needs.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: 

Even if you are a Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Professional with many years of experienced working with and/or developing DR/BC Plans and you are determined to continue to soak up all the knowledge you can on this subject, therefore adding to your value or if you consider yourself a novice in this fast pace, ever changing industry, who is planning on a career in this exciting profession or even someone who falls somewhere in between, you can’t afford to miss an opportunity to attend this power packed class/session presented by Norm Harris, the founder of the Recovery Planning Industry. 

WHY ATTEND?   

Is your organization prepared to handle another 9/11 type situation, recover from a flood or even a hurricane, rebound from a major fire, hazardous material spill or make the right moves if the Bird Flu Pandemic occurs? We live with man made and natural disaster every day but in this technological, fast pace, profit driven world we all live in today, where and organization can not afford to close it’s doors even for a short time we many times put off until tomorrow or even later doing what we know we should do today but sometimes it is to late. 

But if a disaster would happen now, what would you do? Would you know…?

• Who should do what?
• Where they will do it?
• When they need to do it?
• Why they need to do it?
• How they will do it?
• What resources they will need to do it?

If a companies/organizations Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity program is to function as required there are a number of critical component that must be considered in order to be prepared, such as:

Ø       Networks and Network requirements

Ø       Network and Physical Security

Ø       Ability to recover from a man made disaster such as a Terrorist attack or a major fire

Ø       Loss of Critical Staff

Ø       Loss of the work Facility

Ø       Ability to make the correct decisions fast

Ø       Knowing what to do and when to do it

Ø       Being prepared to cope with Power Outages

Ø       Ability to recover from a Natural Disasters

Ø       Ability to recover from a disaster which reduces resource availability  such as the H5N1 Bird Flu

Ø       The Bottom Line…Are You Ready to handle a disaster?

WHAT DO YOU GET? 

Does your company/organization really have a plan?  BC Planning Made Simple provides you with interactive hands on training, (so bring your Laptop). What else do you receive?

• A complete manual of all presentation materials

• CD full of tools (power point presentation, software, forms, questionnaires and templates).

Not only do we work one on one with you we make sure you are prepared to walk away from this interactive class and be able to utilize the BC Planning Made Simple software.  This unique session will teach participants how to identify what is necessary to start an effective DR/BCP Program as well as have the tools to document it. Mr. Harris and Ms. Cowan cover the following topics in the BC Planning Made Simple course:

«      Business Continuity Coordinator Responsibilities

«      Risk Assessments Questionnaires

«      Network Security Questionnaires

«      Business Impact Analysis Questionnaires

«      Development of Core Business Processes

«      Recovery Time Objectives

«      Setting of Priorities/Strategies for recovery

«      Development of DR/BCP Teams

«      How to document Recovery Tasks

«      Impact on Operations report development

«      Resources and Inventory Requirements

«      Backup Requirements

«      Training

«      Plan Enhancements and Maintenance

«      Plan testing

BC Planning Made Simple

Harris Recovery Solutions, LLC. 

Bring your Laptop!