Standard Checklist Criteria For Business Recovery

Business Recover Plan (BRP)--LEVEL 3 (Management & Recovery Team Assessment and Evaluation For Effectiveness) Y N N/A
  1. Has the business officer and management team approved the BRP?
     
  1. Does the business owner maintain:
    1. The master copy of the BRP?
    2. An audit trail of the changes made to a BRP?
     
  1. Do all aspects of physical and logical security at the alternate site conform with your current security procedures?
     
  1. Are the physical and logical security at the alternate site at least as stringent as the security at the disaster location?
     
  1. Have all employees and their alternates responsible for executing a manual work-around for a mechanized process been identified in the BRP and properly trained?
     
  1. Has an independent observer documented the simulation exercise(s) noting all results, discrepancies, exposures, action items, and individual responsible, etc.?
     
  1. Was a debriefing held within a reasonable period of time (typically two weeks) after the simulation exercise(s) to ensure all activities have been accurately recorded?
     
  1. Did the exercise coordinator publish a simulation exercise(s) report within a reasonable period of time (typically three weeks) after the completion of the simulation exercise(s)?
     
  1. Did the exercise report include:
    1. what worked properly as well as any deficiencies and recommendations for improvement?
    2. responsiblity and due date for the development of the Corrective Action Plan?
     
  1. Was a Corrective Action Plan developed by the Exercise Team to address any deficiencies identified by the exercise?
     
  1. Is there a retention plan for the Exercise Plans and Corrective Action Plans (minimum retention 3 years)?
     
  1. Has a walk-through element exercise been performed at least quarterly?
     
  1. Did each walk-through element exercise have a prepared plan which includes:
    a) Description
    b) Scope
    c) Objective
     
  1. When there is a change in hardware, software, or a process that might impact the Business Recovery Plan, is the BRP reviewed and updated within 30 days of the changes:
    Sign-Off By Officer:
    by whom? Name:____________________________
    When? Date:_____________________________
     
  1. Based on the Joint Assessment has the Team determined that the BRP is effective?
     

Last Modified: Tuesday, 21-Mar-2006 08:34:54 EST