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Business Systems Contingency Policy
1. All departments should develop and maintain
procedures that will ensure an appropriate level of
customer service in the of unexpected business
systems failure.

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2. Traditionally, disaster recovery planning focused on the
physical aspects of computer-based systems, particularly
the CPU and closely coupled , e.g. disc banks.

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3. Although this approach remains valid, the of
disaster recovery has considerably widened in recent
years.

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4. This change of emphasis has resulted in the need for a
pragmatic service level delivery rather than plans,
documented and often untested.

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5. Departments are now so reliant upon computer-based
systems for normal daily operations that small systems
failures can cause level of disruption to customers
and staff.

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6. A balance must be between a 'business as usual'
approach, with its associated high cost, and recourse to a
'survival' mode of operation with the objective of 'business
as usual' within a reasonable period.

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7. Due to the wide variety of business applications across
departments, it is not possible to provide guidelines
for the management of unexpected failure and disruption
of computer-based business systems; there are, however,
some general guidelines that are globally applicable.

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8. All plans must be tested; critical components of
the plan should be tested once a year, and test plans must
ensure that the testing itself does not cause a 'disaster'.

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9. Plan for key personnel not to be present at the test —
this aspect is often overlooked, with all key personnel
days beforehand for the test.

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10. the 'walk-through' method for testing the plan
prior to putting it into operation; do not declare the testing
completed until the whole production system has been re-
instated.

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