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CY-604 (A) · IT Business & Disaster Recovery Planning/Official Syllabus

IT Business & Disaster Recovery Planning (CY-604 (A)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

  • Introduction, Terminologies Disaster Types Consequences of Disaster
  • Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Principles of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
  • Issues in Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Addressed Activities, Solutions, Best Practices
  • International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
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Unit 2

Nature and Causes of Disasters

  • Nature of Disasters, Categorization of Disasters
  • Natural Disasters- Earthquakes, Protecting Yourself During Earthquake, Volcanoes, Protection from Volcanoes, Forecasting Volcanoes Estimating Earthquakes
  • Tsunami, Protecting Yourself During Tsunami, Landslides, Effects of Landslides, Protecting Yourself from Landslides, Floods, Effect of floods Prevention Measures
  • Wildfires Safety Measures, Drought, Consequences of Drought Measures to Overcome Drought Effects
  • Man-Made Disasters Accidents Power Outage Telecommunication Outage
  • Categorization of Human Intentional Disasters
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Unit 3

Emergency Management

  • Need for Emergency Management, Phases of Emergency Management, Mitigation Preparedness, Response Recovery
  • Effect of Disaster on Business Organizations, Emergency Management for Business Organizations
  • FEMA- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Activities of FEMA
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Unit 4

Laws and Acts

  • Introduction Applicable Acts in DR Laws and Acts, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  • Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
  • Laws and Acts of Europe Data Protection Act 1998, Transmission of Personal Data, Directive 2002/58/EC Personal Data, Directive 95/46/EC
  • Insurance, Financial Groups Directive (FGD), Foundation of Personal Data Security Law: OECD Financial Transactions Reporting (FTR) Act 1988
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Unit 5

Business Continuity Management

  • Business Continuity Planning, Objectives of Business Continuity Planning, Essential Resources in Business Continuity Planning
  • Business Continuity Management Planning Steps in ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
  • Risk Analysis, Risk Assessment, Basic Elements of Risk Assessment
  • Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Components of Business Impact Analysis, Threat Analysis, Risk Analysis, and Business Impact Analysis
  • Crisis Management Steps in Crisis Management

Reference Books

  • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for InfoSec Managers
  • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for IT Professionals
  • Disaster and Recovery Planning: A Guide for Facility Managers
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