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Disaster Recovery (Business Continuity Planning) Tim Babco

Disaster Recovery (Business Continuity Planning) Tim Babco. AGENDA. What is BCP? Key BCP Components How to Implement? How to Maintain? Effort Required Value Obtained Q&A. Who is Poolcorp?.

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Disaster Recovery (Business Continuity Planning) Tim Babco

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  1. Disaster Recovery(Business Continuity Planning)Tim Babco

  2. AGENDA • What is BCP? • Key BCP Components • How to Implement? • How to Maintain? • Effort Required • Value Obtained • Q&A

  3. Who is Poolcorp? • World’s largest distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment and related leisure products • ~$2 billion in revenues • >3,600 employees; 285 locations; 8 countries • >100,000 products • >70,000 customers • Headquartered in Covington, Louisiana Headquarters in “Hurricane Alley”

  4. What is BCP? • Task of identifying, developing, acquiring, documenting, and testingprocedures and resources that will ensure continuity of a firm's key operations in the event of an accident, disaster, emergency, and/or threat. It involves: • Risk mitigationplanning (reducing possibility of the occurrence of adverse events) • Business recovery planning (ensuring continued operation in the aftermath of a disaster) Keep the business running successfully

  5. What is BCP? • Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) are often used synonymously • Continuum: Enterprise  Individual • Corporate functions • Remote locations • Succession Planning • Prevent and Recover Keep the business running successfully

  6. Key BCP Components • Needs assessment • Employees • Communications • IT Infrastructure • Recovery site logistics • Third party information • Supplies • Pre-event protection steps • Trigger points • Municipal, state, federal interaction and updates Many important facets

  7. Needs Assessment • RTO – Recovery Time Objective • Amount of down time for each critical function before outage threatens company survival • RPO – Recovery Point Objective • How old can the data be before it is so out of date that recreation is not practical or possible • Consider Time of Year, Month, etc. • Economic Benefit • Cost of protection vs. cost of down time • Hard costs and opportunity costs Clearly define what’s important

  8. Employees • Current and complete contact information Know how to reach employees

  9. Employees • Current and complete contact information Employees know key BCP contacts

  10. Employees • Personal BCP plan • Home • Belongings • Immediate family members • Extended family members • Pets, livestock Employees can’t be productive if worried about personal items

  11. Employees • Roles • Executive team • Make decisions • Delegations of authority • Communications team • Internal • External Execute quickly and correctly

  12. Employees • Roles • Core team • Coordinate detailed plan execution • Tiered response teams • Tier 1 – IT only; sent when disaster impact predicted • Tier 2 – Employees with critical functions; sent when disaster impact is imminent • Tier 3 – Important functions; work better as group; sent after significant impact realized • Tier 0 – Can work remotely as situation unfolds Avoid the scattered workforce

  13. Communications • Voice • Potential issues • Land lines may be out • Cell phones may be out • Solutions • Satellite phones • Private 2-way radios • IP telephony virtual phone system • Call centers • Key support teams • High risk locations Ability to verbally communicate

  14. Communications • Voice • Dedicated toll-free BCP lines • Employee information line • Command conference line • Regularly scheduled, daily conferences Ability to verbally communicate

  15. Communications • Data • Choose the right circuit provider • Have redundant data circuits • Different providers; different routes • Broadband wireless capabilities Ability to access business systems

  16. Communications • Data • Portable satellite systems Ability to access business systems

  17. Communications • Messaging • Text messaging • E-mail • Web access from anywhere • BCP web site – externally hosted Remotely connect & send/receive updates

  18. IT Infrastructure • Backup power – Battery, Generator and fuel • Offsite tape rotations (e.g. Iron Mountain) • Low risk data center location • Redundant data centers • Co-location • Cold failover facility (e.g. Sungard) • Full mesh network Just like insurance policies

  19. IT Infrastructure PoolCorp Global Wide Area Network High speed, secure access from anywhere

  20. IT Infrastructure • Choose good partners • Corporate grade equipment and solutions • High reliability • Fast response time • Available technical support staff • Cost competitive • Willingness to go “above and beyond” Only as good as the weakest link

  21. Recovery Site Logistics • Central command/recovery center • Wireless • Size • Proximity From chaos to recovery in hours

  22. Recovery Site Logistics • Laptops for key employees • Remote connectivity (VPN) • Transportation • Housing – hotels, apartments • Childcare • Schools • Kennels (house hold pets only) • Expense reporting • Cash advances Employees can quickly be productive

  23. Third Party Information • Vendors • Consultants • Financial institutions • Investors • Governmental agencies • Media • Board members Fast access to key parties

  24. Supplies • First aid • Portable generators • Extension cords • Flashlights and batteries • Tarps • Tools (e.g. chain saws) • Ice coolers • Bottled water and non-perishable food • Energy drinks Ability to ride out DR events

  25. Pre-event Protection Steps • Full equipment inventory • Protect equipment and information • Unplug electronics • Move electronics off of floor • Safeguard important paperwork • Close blinds and doors • Take critical items if planned evacuation • Focus on safety if unplanned event Attempt to minimize loss

  26. Trigger Points • Define for all predictable events • Example: 9-step hurricane process • Storm enters gulf • Projections converge with New Orleans in cone • Within 4 days of landfall; still in cone • Within 3 days of landfall; still in cone • Within 50 hrs of landfall; still in cone; material impact imminent • Within 40 hrs of landfall; still in cone; material impact imminent • Within 30 hrs of landfall; still in cone; material impact imminent • Next 36 hrs during/after storm • Authorities give “all clear” to return home Know what to do and when to do it

  27. Municipal, State, Federal Interaction • Participate in municipal DR planning/testing • Get to know local and state officials • Know evacuation routes • Placards to re-enter impact areas Take advantage of available help

  28. How to Implement • Start with basics • Focus on critical systems, functions, people • Use available “free” help and templates • Hire consultants if needed • Train and communicate • Annual testing • Validation of tape backups • Failover to backup facility • User validation • Signed acceptance forms Audit Create Update Test Don’t be overwhelmed

  29. Effort Required • 300-400 hours can get you started • 100-200 hours annually to test/audit • 100-200 hours annually to enhance/update • 5 person “core team” • Senior Management Sponsor • Project manager • Tech writer • IT manager • Logistics/facilities coordinator It can be a reasonable effort

  30. Value Obtained – Basic BCP Plan • Creating the initial plan: $15-20K • Annual updates and testing: $10-20K • Annual infrastructure costs: $200K • Peace of mind during a disaster: Priceless The best insurance policy you’ll ever buy!

  31. QUESTIONS ? QUESTIONS ? Tim Babco(985)801-5230tim.babco@poolcorp.com

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