Syllabus - IT Business & Disaster Recovery Planning (CY504 (A))

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Introduction, Terminologies Disaster Types Consequences of Disaster, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Principles of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Issues in Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Addressed Activities, Solutions, Best Practices, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR).

Nature and Causes of Disasters

Nature of Disasters, Categorization of Disasters, Natural Disasters- Earthquakes, Protecting Yourself During Earthquake, Volcanoes, Protection from Volcanoes, Forecasting Volcanoes Estimating Earthquakes Earthquakes, Tsunami, Protecting Yourself During Tsunami, Landslides, Effects of Landslides, Protecting Yourself from Landslides, Floods, Effect of floods Prevention Measures, Wildfires Safety Measures, Drought, Consequences of Drought Measures to Overcome Drought Effects, Man-Made Disasters Accidents Power Outage Telecommunication Outage Categorization of Human Intentional Disasters.

Emergency Management

Need for Emergency Management, Phases of Emergency Management, Mitigation Preparedness, Response Recovery, Effect of Disaster on Business Organizations, Emergency Management for Business Organizations FEMA- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Activities of FEMA.

Laws and Acts

Introduction Applicable Acts in DR Laws and Acts, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Laws and Acts of Europe Data Protection Act 1998, Transmission of Personal Data, Directive 2002/58/EC Personal Data, Directive 95/46/EC Insurance, Financial Groups Directive (FGD), Foundation of Personal Data Security Law: OECD Financial Transactions Reporting (FTR) Act 1988.

Business Continuity Management

Business Continuity Planning, Objectives of Business Continuity Planning, Essential Resources in Business Continuity Planning, Business Continuity Management Planning Steps in ISO (International Organization for Standardization), Risk Analysis, Risk Assessment, Basic Elements of Risk Assessment, Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Components of Business Impact Analysis, Threat Analysis, Risk Analysis, and Business Impact Analysis, Crisis Management Steps in Crisis Management.