Data Center Assistance Group, Inc.
78-17 164th Street
Flushing, NY 11366
Phone:  (718) 591-5553    Fax:  (718) 380-7322

  

 

Security and Business Continuity Protection Provided by DCAG:

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Business Impact Analysis

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Data Sensitivity and Vital Records Management Study

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Business Recovery Plan generation

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Integrating Recovery Plans within the Contingency Command Center

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Project Management regarding implementation of Disaster Recovery Plans

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Supporting and Maintaining Disaster Recovery Plans

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Documentation and Training related to Disaster Recovery Plans

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Contacting DCAG

 

Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
   
This contract will define the risk exposures presently within the firm and provide management with a report and presentation describing the risks and outlining the recovery plans that must be created to mitigate the risk exposures.

Data Sensitivity and Vital Records Management
   
This study will identify all data records, their owners, users, and regulatory associations.  From this information, access controls and backup / recovery procedures will be dictated to protect company information against loss or regulatory failure.

Business Recovery Plan generation
   
Once risks are identified, Recovery Plans will be created to respond to problems.  Recovery Teams and Tools will be identified for each recovery plan and a sequence of events associated with a recovery will be itemized within the recovery plan.  These plans will be constantly tested and updated to insure their ability to safeguard the business.  Recovery Plan creation and maintenance will be integrated within the everyday functions performed by personnel, so that their creation and maintenance will be a fall-out of doing business as normal.  It is believed that by making Business Recovery a separate function from the normal turnover function, it will either lag current systems or not be accomplished at all.

Integrating Recovery Plans within the Contingency Command Center
   
Once Recovery Plans are created, they must be integrated within the Contingency Command Center, so that problems can be matched to recoveries and teams activated.  The Help Desk, Operations Control Center, Network Control Center and Contingency Command Center all work together to identify problems that could escalate into disasters.  As problems become more critical, the Contingency Command Center will activate Recovery Teams to confront the disaster and then coordinate and manage all recovery action until normal operations are resumed.

Project Management regarding implementation of Disaster Recovery Plans.

DCAG will assist your organization in its creation and maintenance of Project Plans relating to Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption Planning.

Supporting and Maintaining Disaster Recovery Plans
   
Integrating Disaster Recovery Plans within the normal turnover function will insure that security, vital record management, and recovery functions are maintained in sync with new or updated functions / applications.  This means that both the Standards and Procedures Manual and Job Runbooks must be integrated within the Security and Disaster Recovery Systems.

Documentation and Training related to Disaster Recovery Plans
   
Documentation of the Security and Disaster Recovery Systems will be accomplished and personnel training classes developed, so that team members and regular personnel will understand security and recovery practices and procedures.  These materials will be maintained online via a company-wide Intranet, while classes will be a mix of computer based and classroom instruction.

Contacting DCAG to discuss services
   
Follow link to submit request to have a DCAG representative contact you to discuss consulting opportunities.

 

 

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