business contingency/continuity of operations environment

GRADUATE-LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT:

Instructions: In approximately 10-12 double-spaced pages discuss the planning steps, possible recovery options, and recommended testing requirements needed to support a successful business contingency/continuity of operations environment.   Finally, the paper should include your recommendation for a proposed 24-month cycle business contingency testing plan -- what should be tested and how the test should be conducted.  Perhaps ranking possible critical corporate assets with the type of testing (i.e., plan reviews, table-top exercises, or perhaps up to and including full blown backup and recovery tests)  You should take into consideration costs associated with the recommended testing process -- not only personnel and equipment but also production costs.  

Prepare your paper in Word. Include a minimum of 5 sources. The citations and the reference list in the paper should be formatted in accordance with APA 6th edition guidelines.

Note: Also include a cover page, a one-paragraph abstract, a table of contents and any appendix (if necessary), which do not count toward the regular length of the paper. 


Readings/References:

(1) Balaouras, S. (2009, February 26). Businesses take BC planning more seriously. Forrester Research, Inc.

(2) Collett, S. (2007, December 4). Evaluating business continuity services. CSO Security and Risk. Retrieved from http://www.csoonline.com/article/221306/Five_Steps_to_Evaluating_Business_Continuity_Services                                                                        (3) Slater, D. (2010, July 1). Business continuity and disaster recovery planning: The basics. CSO Security and Risk. Retrieved from http://www.csoonline.com/article/204450/Business_Continuity_and_Disaster_Recovery_Planning_The_Basics

(4) Citrix. (n. d.). A guide to ensuring business continuity through the power of virtualization.

Retrieved from http://www.citrix.com/%2Fsite%2Fresources%2Fdynamic%2Fsalesdocs%2FSB_Buz_Continuity-US-f.pdf

(5) http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-34-rev1/sp800-34-rev1_errata-Nov11-2010.pdf