Definitive Hdbk of Business Continuity - Softcover

Hiles, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471485594 ISBN 13: 9780471485599

Publisher: John Wiley &Sons, 2001

Synopsis

Hiles and Barnes provide comprehensive conceptual and practical guidance for managers and businesses who want to establish a strategy for protecting their organization from disruption and disaster.

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About the Author

ANDREW HILES is a founding Director of the Kingswell Partnership and has over 15 years' experience of business continuity planning. He is founder and Chairman of Survive and was a founding Director of the Business Continuity Institute, the international body for certification of business continuity professionals. Andrew is a speaker at international conferences and has delivered over 250 successful workshops and training courses, as well as broadcasting on radio and television. He also has over 300 published articles on business continuity to his credit. He is a member of the British Computer Society.
PETER BARNES consults in business continuity within the Global Risk Management Solutions practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers. A Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute, he was formerly International Operations Director of Survive and has more than eight years' experience in business continuity management. Peter has led numerous initiatives to generate and disseminate guidance and best practice in business continuity management. He has also collaborated with groups throughout the world in the development of guidelines as a basis for creation of business continuity standards. His consulting and advisory experiences have encompassed a wide diversity of organisations in both public and private sectors. Peter regularly chairs and speaks at international conferences and has contributed to numerous publications and media broadcasts around the world.

From the Back Cover

How long would your business survive an interruption? How well are you prepared to deal with a disaster which prevents the normal operation of your compnay? Business continuity deals with the consequences of the business threatening 'what-if' scenario - what if operations are destroyed by fire or flood, negative media drives away customers or the company database is stolen or infected by a virus? Since the first concepts of business continuity management were documented, they have evolved dramatically from disaster recovery strategies for computer departments into enterprise-wide continuity planning. This comprehensive guide shows managers and businesses how to develop a plan to protect their organization from disruption and/or disaster, has contributions from leading pratitioners in the industry and has established itself as an invaluable text for anyone involved in, or looking to gain a detailed appreciation of, the rapidly emerging area of business continuity and disaster recovery within the corporate environment.
* "incredibly detailed and useful..the glossary is a real godsend for anyone new to the topic" -- Justin Doherty and Jamie Ayres in ft.com, August 1999
* "excellent overview..extremely informative...this book will tell you why you need a (business continuity) plan and then helps you to put it together. Business continuity has never looked so good!" -- Secure Computing, October 1999
* "extremely authoritative book...a particularly useful element...is the very comprehensive case studies appendix..in (which) over 20 actual incidents are discussed" --Security Management and Industry Today, March 2000

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471485594
• ISBN 13: 9780471485599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412