This main document contains the non-business unit activities that need to be completed in support of Emergency Mode Operations procedures.  The following sections contain contact numbers, contact personnel, activation and notification procedures, overview of recovery teams, vendor contact information and recovery locations. 

The detailed recovery procedures for all business units (departments) are located in the appendix since these recovery plans are modified on a regular basis due to periodic configuration changes of the company’s Business Environment.  Furthermore, with continual changes to the daily business processing activities and operations, personnel, resources, and vital documents such as the detailed individual Business Resumption Plans for each department will be updated on a regular basis to ensure changes in the business processing (operations) environment are reflected in the detailed Business Resumption Procedures. 

Objectives

The objective of this plan is to document critical resources and personnel requirements to protect the company if all or parts of its operations or computer services are interrupted by an outage or disruptive event.  Information such as; critical business processes, technology components required, manual work-around procedures, identified alternate recovery sites, and key personnel contact information will be documented. 

To make this plan functional, each member of the business unit (department) must be trained in their respective recovery responsibilities, overall company emergency management procedures (Crisis Management) and Disaster Recovery (Technology) Plans.  Each member shall have in possession an electronic copy or printed plan that is not located at the work site.  This copy can be kept at employee’s home, in the offsite storage location, another facility, etc.   

Table of Contents

Confidentiality Statement
Plan Maintenance
Plan Exercise
Plan Location
Plan Distribution
Media Policy

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Definition of a Disaster
Disaster Declaration Criteria

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

SCOPE & OBJECTIVES

Scope of This Plan
Objectives
Assumptions
Corporate (applies to every department within the company)
Known Exposures

EMERGENCY MODE RESPONSIBILITIES

BIA & RA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

RECOVERY STRATEGY

Recovery Strategy
Business Unit Recovery Strategy

DISASTER DECLARATION PROCEDURE

Declaration Authority

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES

Notification & Activation Team
Department Notifications

MANAGEMENT TEAM & TASKS

Management Team

PLAN CERTIFICATION

Plan Certification

APPENDIX ITEMS

Appendix A:   <Enter Department Name>
Appendix B:   <Enter Department Name>
Appendix C:   <Enter Department Name>

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