Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity
Projects to support priority
Our goal is improved resiliency of Business Affairs applications and services; including response plans in the event of major incidents or disasters; and improved capability of Business Affairs staff to maintain continuity of operations for critical functions performed by and delivered by Business Affairs.
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Contacts |
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Business Affairs
Assess all University IT supported applications and systems for criticality and continuity measures; make recommendations at the portfolio level and the individual application/service level.
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1/18/17-10/31/17 |
Matthew Ricks |
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Business Affairs
Perform workforce assessment survey across all of Business Affairs to identify capabilities, gaps, and practices for staff to be able to work remotely or from home, if needed.
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1/18/17-10/31/17 |
Matthew Ricks |
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Business Affairs
Reconcile, consolidate and update DR plans into PrepareSU (or alternative), prioritize as result of criticality assessment; incorporate testing of plans in regularly-scheduled DR drills of on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure. 25% of DR plans updated by April 2018.
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9/1/17-12/15/18 |
Matthew Ricks |
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Business Affairs
Perform “lite” version of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) across all of Business Affairs to formally define critical functions and recovery targets. Pilot completed by April 2018.
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6/1/17-4/30/17 |
Matthew Ricks |
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Business Affairs
Determine most appropriate continuity strategy for all University IT functions, and document or update continuity plans (alternative was to conduct business) for all critical functions.
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9/1/17-9/30/18 |
Matthew Ricks |
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Last modified September 5, 2017
