This hour provides an overview of the context of contemporary business continuity planning. Participants will learn about the root causes of unplanned interruption events and the role of planners in preventing them. Continuity planning is a part of a broader program designed to minimize risk and build resiliency into the business enterprise by improving the processes by which technology is acquired, applications are developed, data is managed and change is administered. It is not solely about building a disaster recovery plan, though this is one component of business resiliency.

Jon Toigo will take a detailed look at:

• The business case for strategic continuity planning
  
• New mission and tasks for the DR/BC planner
  
• A functional overview of the planning process
  
• A tested planning methodology
  
• The central role of data management in strategic business continuity