CS-4, TESTING CONTINGENCY PLANS - 2 Days NEW

DATES/PLACES: BOSTON:  Inquire for Spring 2001 date

OBJECTIVES

Testing your contingency plan makes the difference between success or dismal failure in the event a catastrophe befalls your company as evidence by recent experiences.

This seminar provides you with principles and practices to prepare and execute test plans to validate for contingency planning provisions.

BENEFITS

This seminar will provide you with:

• Guidelines to plan and execute tests of contingency plans taking a very broad view of test requirements beyond just the more common application testing in offsite backup sites
• A methodology for preparing test plans based on test objectives
• Ideas to detect plan deficiencies, pitfalls to avoid, and suggestions for management and all concerned on improving the plans

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Executives, EDP managers and contingency planning coordinators
• Business continuity managers
• Internal and external auditors and information security officers
• Hot site facility managers, users of systems and facilities, bank operations officers, system managers, bank and government compliance officers

COURSE OUTLINE

1. VITAL IMPORTANCE AND ROLE OF TESTING

• Experience with plan testing and how it pays off.
• Need to test and mandated testing for financial and government institutions
• The scope of testing - total plan vs. portions of the plan
   

2. PLANNING THE TEST AND PREPARING AN EFFECTIVE TEST PLAN

• Importance of standards for developing test plans (An integral part of the contingency plan documentation)
• Components of a test plan
• Approaches to testing (passive, active and simulation tests)
• Developing general and specific test objectives via risk analysis
• Responsibility for test standards and for test plan execution
• Steps prior to the test.  Active vs. passive testing
   

3. DISASTER RECOVERY TEST DO's and DON'Ts

              O    Suggestions and guidelines to ensure effective test plan preparation and execution

SEMINAR COST: $1,500

Note: This seminar can be presented in house in your premises to provide simultaneous an coordinated training to a group of colleagues.  Inquire for details.