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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning |
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Overview
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One of the primary responsibilities of the Information Technology Department is to ensure the availability of critical computing services for the business of the OSU System. Part of this responsibility is to have a fully documented plan to expedite the recovery of such services in the event that one or more are lost due to some sort of emergency or disaster. Such processes exist in most areas of IT, but a formal Business Continuity Plan is needed to ensure that all critical services are considered. This project will occur in two phases: (1) develop an IT Disaster Recovery Plan, and (2) build a comprehensive OSU Business Continuity Plan.
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Developing the IT Disaster Recovery (DR) Plan will include:
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- Assess the risks or threats that could inhibit the availability of services
- Formalize disaster recovery plans for each area of IT
- Consolidate area plans into a comprehensive IT DR plan
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Building a comprehensive Business Continuity (BC) Plan for OSU will require working with the various OSU business units to accomplish the following:
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- Determine the most critical systems and applications provided by IT
- Develop alternate temporary work processes to use if critical IT services are unavailable
- Identify tools or processes to minimize risks/threats identified in phase one
- Research, gain approval for, and implement improved recovery plans for critical services
- Consolidate the business function plans with the improved DR plan
- Develop a process to review, exercise, and update the OSU BC plan on a 6-month basis (minimum)
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Business Case
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Most areas in Information Technology have processes in place to respond to emergencies. The documentation for these processes, if it exists, is inconsistent, and seldom updated. Formalizing a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan will:
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- Identify critical vs. non-critical services
- Provide a consistent method for responding to loss of critical services
- Provide for the recovery of the most critical services first
- Allow business units to continue functioning (via alternate work processes) while services are being restored
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Project Status
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As of August 4, the IT Director's team has finalized work with their individual areas to develop plans using the ISO17799 methodology, and the Business Continuity Team is combining the individual plans into an overall OSU-Stillwater plan. This project is scheduled to be completed by December 31, 2006.
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