CASE STUDY: BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING
By Fred Klapetzky
CLIENT: Therapeutic protein manufacturer
EVALUATION: Here, a small-scale event - a fire that threatened the loss of IT - could have caused a business interruption. Other trig-ger events might include the loss of air conditioning in the lab, or the loss of one or two critical scientists or other employees (e.g., through an automobile accident, heart attack, or influenza). Most organizations don't do a very good job of identifying all their key peo-ple. Sure, a top scientist might be obvious, but what about key technical people? The consequence of a loss might be data collection, organization, and/or access. Without investing a lot of money, you can accomplish the business continuity processes internally (it will take some of your time and effort, of course).
If you employ an outside consulting firm, costs can range from tens of thousands to several hundred thousand dollars, ...
