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December 31, 1999 a radical environmentalist group claimed responsibility
for a fire in MSU's Agricultural Hall creating over $400,000 in damages,
and faculty offices had to be temporarily moved.1 |
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In the year 2000 the Michigan State Police Bomb Squad responded to 204
incidents, 34 of which occurred in East Lansing.5 |
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Michigan Averages Approximately 16 Tornados Per Year2 |
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In 1998 Michigan had 7,697 Suspicious Fires resulting in losses of $144,868,182. 3 |
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In 1997 there were over 2000 Bombing Incidents reported in the US4,
157 Explosive Incidents were reported in Michigan.5 |
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The Computer Security Institute reports in the "2000 Computer Crime
and Security Survey" that 90% of respondents (primarily large
corporations and government agencies) detected computer security breaches
within the last twelve months.6 |
While we don't like to think about it, the possibility of a major system
outage, a
data center demolished by a tornado, or a building fire that demolishes the
facility and everything inside, is always upon us.
What constitutes a disaster? In reality, a disaster is any
interruption of service that results from some force beyond your control:
malicious attack, act of God, human error. Disaster recovery is how you
react to and recover from that ominous external force. The primary reason for a unit to engage in business
continuity and contingency planning (also known as "disaster recovery" planning) is to ensure the
ability of the unit to function effectively in the event of a severe disruption
to normal operations.
Goals
and Objectives
The primary objective of any contingency plan is to
ensure the ability of the unit to function effectively in the event of an
interruption due to the loss of information, loss of personnel, or loss of
access to information and facilities. The goals for contingency planning are
to provide for:
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The continuation of critical and important unit operations in
the event of an interruption. |
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The recovery of normal operations in the event of an interruption. |
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The timely notification of appropriate unit and university
officials in a predetermined manner as interruption severity or duration
escalates. |
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The offline backup and availability, or alternative availability,
of critical components, including:
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Data files |
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Software |
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Hardware |
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Voice and Data Communications |
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Documentation |
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Supplies and forms |
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People |
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Inventory Lists |
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An alternate method for performing activities electronically
and/or manually. |
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Any required changes in user methods necessary to accomplish such
alternate means of processing. |
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The periodic testing of the plan to ensure its continuing
effectiveness. |
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Documentation on the business unit’s plan for response,
recovery, resumption, restoration, and return after severe disruption. |
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1 http://www.statenews.com/editions/012400/p1_arson.html
2 http://www.disastercenter.com/michigan/tornado.html
3 http://www.mspfmd.org/nfirstat98.htm
4 http://www.atf.treas.gov/aexis2/
5 Michigan State Police Bomb Squad Responses Memo dated
January 16, 2001.
6 http://www.gocsi.com/prelea_000321.htm
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