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Planning and Managing IT Infrastructure

Notes Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
10. ........................................... is a framework for providing control mechanisms over the
information technology domain.

11. ........................................... is focused on identifying best practices in regards to managing IT
service levels and is particularly process-oriented.
12. The intent of ........................................... standard is to focus on security and aid an organisation
in the creation of an effective IT security plan.

5.6 Business Continuity Planning

Business continuity planning involves developing a practical plan for how your business can
prepare for, and continue to operate after an incident or crisis. A business continuity plan will
help you to:

identify and prevent risks where possible
prepare for risks that you can’t control
respond and recover if a risk occurs.

Example: A business continuity plan will help you to respond and recover if a risk such
as an incident or crisis takes place.

Business continuity planning is a proactive planning process to ensure that critical services or
products are delivered during a disruption. Critical services or products delivered to:

Ensure survival
Avoid causing injury
Meet legal or other obligations of a business.
To permit an organisation to recover its facility, data and assets, a Business Continuity Plan
(BCP) includes the following:
Plans
Measures

Arrangements
Preparing a business continuity plan will help your business recover quickly if an incident does
happen. You may not be able to predict every kind of incident that could threaten your business,
but you can develop a plan that covers a range of incidents.

Example: Natural disasters, computer problems, staffing issues are some of these incidents.
To get the most out of a business continuity plan, you should include a schedule for testing and
updating it, making sure you take into account any changes to your business, your industry, or
the location you operate in.
Your business continuity plan should contain all of the information you need to get your
business running again after an incident or crisis.

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