Author: James C. Barnes, Deloitte & Touche
ISBN No: 0-471-53015-8
Review date: 17/12/2025
No of pages: 182
Publisher: John Wiley of Chichester
Year of publication: 11/09/2012
Brief:
OK, your organisation has shown an interest in a business continuity plan - what now?
OK, your organisation has shown an interest in a business continuity plan and has asked you (whether an outside consultant or internal staff member) to develop a recovery plan. Where do you start? While natural disasters are spectacular, James C. Barnes, Deloitte & Touche, author of A Guide to Business Continuity Planning, points out that they are not the major causes of a disaster condition. Power outages have accounted for nearly one-third of all disaster conditions since 1982. Fire accounts for five per cent – equal to the damage caused by storms, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. He writes: ‘The major cause of the disaster condition is a localized occurrence that does not receive the attention of the awesome forces of nature. However, they can have just as great an impact on your company or organisation.’ Barnes takes us through the building of a successful business continuity plan – risk assessments, written procedures agreed by internal teams, and tested (do your back-up computer systems really back up everything?). Barnes writes: ‘Companies that are the most motivated to do something about disaster recovery are those that have recently had a disaster within their organization. This is a rather sad commentary, but most organizations are still reactive rather than proactive.'<br><br>
A Guide to Business Continuity Planning (2001) by James C. Barnes, Deloitte & Touche
