Re: Business (Mission) Continuity Planning in Higher Education

[Clyde Hoadley <hoadleyc () MSCD EDU>]

I found the Michigan State University Disaster Recovery Planning
site to be very helpful (http://drp.msu.edu/index.htm).  They
also run conferences and other training programs from time
to time.  (I haven't had the opportunity to attend any of
them).

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Clyde Hoadley
Security & Disaster Recovery Coordinator
Division of Information Technology
Metropolitan State College of Denver
hoadleyc () mscd edu
http://clem.mscd.edu/~hoadleyc/
(303) 556-5074

Marty Hoag wrote:

>    This may seem a bit out of our normal topic set but
> business continuity planning is usually part of security
> (e.g. see ISO 1-7799 or CISSP Common Body of Knowledge).
> I've been assigned responsibility for business continuity
> planning and disaster recovery within our department (the
> central IT organization on campus). I'd like to get involved
> with others in this area and my boss suggested I try to find
> a group and/or conference specifically focused on BCP in
> Higher Education.
>
>    If you know of national conferences, seminars, or
> workshops in BCP specifically oriented towards Higher
> Education please let me know. I know NACUBO (higher ed.
> business officers) has online BCP resources on their web
> site but I don't know if they have more activities in
> the field or not.
>
>    I also think there are at least two organizations which
> have semi-annual national BCP conferences (Disaster Recovery
> Journal Spring World / Fall World and CPM East / West).
> Perhaps you've found one of these or other "generic" BCP
> conferences to be a good fit for folks in higher education?
>
>    Thank you!
>
>    Marty Hoag
>    IT Risk Management Group Leader
>    Information Technology Services
>    North Dakota State University
>
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