Through our contingency planning services, we guide and assist clients with their IT Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) and Business Continuity Plans (BCP). Working with IT and other staff from the organisation, our consultants can lead and/or participate in any or all of the following stages:
Prepare an overal contingency strategy/approach (as part of a general infosec strategy), leading to a prioritised plan, timescale and budget
Assess risks and review the state of existing contingency plans & controls e.g. data backups, 'understudies' for key staff
Design 'DRP/BCP solutions' - from overarching contingency plans down to specific planned responses to common breaches e.g. disk failure, bugs, viruses, website hacks, denial of service attacks etc.
Prepare response procedures, including establishment of a crisis management team and specific activities
Help identify managers and staff with responsibility and authority to own, maintain and enact the procedures (not to be underestimated!)
Where necessary, improve internal controls, focussing especialy on preventive controls to reduce the probability of a disaster occurring
Select and contract with third-party DRP/BCP suppliers where appropriate (cold/warm/hot site recovery, dealing room recovery etc.)
Test the controls by exercising contingency plans and recovery scenarios (a vital step!)