Transcript Flow of Incident Response

Business Continuity and You!
The Ohio State University
Business & Finance
Enterprise Continuity Program
Quarterly Update
July 2008
Business and Finance
Business Continuity Planning is
working out how to stay in
business in the event of
disaster.
Wikipedia®
Business Continuity Plan

Plan is individualized for each area

Activities that would need to occur during and
after a disaster

Identification of Roles during a disaster

Assures that business continues despite major
disruption in operations
Importance of Business Continuity

Reduces confusion during and after a crisis

Reduces loss of life

Provides a roadmap to a faster recovery

Pools resources if crisis is widespread

Protects the Organization
Site Event Management
(SEM)

Addresses the immediacy of the event

Identifies Team Leader

Identifies the teams and their tasks

Defines communication procedures

Defines damage assessment procedures
Business Continuity Plan
(BCP)
Identifies and Prioritizes Key Processes
 Defines actions and steps for three
scenarios (for each process)

Loss of personnel for extended time period
 Loss of equipment, data, or applications
 Loss of building


Identifies Necessary Assets
Planning Cycle
Quarterly
Update
Quarterly
Review
Drills
Plan Creation
Education &
Training
Wikipedia®/OSU
2008 to 2009 Plan

Update of the continuity software

Quarterly Updates and Reviews

Semi-Annual Drills

Annual joint drills (2 or more areas)
ACTION
(+ Owner)
Flow of Incident Response
Emergency Response
(Fire Dept., Public
Safety, EHS, Others)
Evacuation /
Shelter-in-Place
(All Affected)
Business Continuity
(Individual Units /
Departments)
University Emergency
Operations Center
(EOC) if needed
(University Leadership)
Guiding
Document
Time
Emergency
Operations &
Evacuation Plan
(EHS)
Federal, State,
Local, and OSU
Guidelines
Continuity Plans
(Individual Units /
Departments)
Comprehensive
Emergency
Management Plan
(Emergency
Preparedness
Coordinator)
What is Your Role?
Can you name two things that you
should do in the event of a disaster?
 Who is your team leader?
 Where is your gathering site if you need
to evacuate the building?
 Where is the nearest;

Pull station
 Exit
