Historical Changes to Versions of Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Template

Version 5.1 to 5.2 – Release date August 2008

Replaced WORD 2003 style sheet with WORD 2007 style sheet
Updated all forms used in the template

Version 5.0 to 5.1 – Release date July 2008

Added Backup & Backup Retention Policy
Minor formatting changes

Version 4.5 to 5.0 – Release date February 2008

Updated Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Plan Audit Program to be compliant with ISO 27000 Series (ISO 27001 and ISO 27002)
Added a section on Communication Strategy and Policy to be implemented when the Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Plan is activated
Added a section on Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity and Security basics
Added Personnel Location Report
Added Project Status Report Form

Version 4.4 to 4.5 – Release date November 2007

Added Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Audit Program
Updated excel work plan to refer to sections versus page

Version 4.3 to 4.4 – Release date September 2007

Section added on implications of Sarbanes-Oxley, Treadway Commission, and PCI DSS requirements
Disaster Planning Branch Offices added
Back-up strategy table added
Back-up strategy for PDA’s updated to reflect Smartphones

Version 4.2 to 4.3 – Release date July 2007

Defined generic metrics for DR/BC success
Business & IT Impact Analysis Questionnaire Updated
Updated references to the DRP card
Updated formatting to meet WORD 2007 requirements
A fully indexed version of the Template in PDF format included with the Word format
Now comes in both Office 2003 and Office 2007 formats

Version 4.1 to 4.2 – Release date February 2007

Added Section defining the ISO 17799 compliance requirements
Review and modified entire DRP/BCP template to ensure compliance with ISO 17799
Business & IT Impact Questionnaire updated to meet ISO 17799 compliance requirements
Corrected errata
Added Best Data Retention and Destruction Practices Section

Version 4.0 to 4.1 – Release date August 2006

Department DRP / BCP Activation Workbook Updated in the appendix
Correct work plan formatting and numbering for project initiation
Web Site Disaster Recovery Planning Form added to the appendix

Version 3.1 to 4.0 - Release date March 2006

Vendor Disaster Recovery Planning Questionnaire added to the appendix
Department Disaster Recovery Planning Workbook added to the appendix
Vendor Phone List form updated
Key Customer Notification List form added
Critical Resources to be Retrieved form added
Business Continuity Off-Site Materials form added

Version 3.0 to 3.1 - Release date January 2006

Site Strategy section added (Section 3.1) all other section numbers in Chapter 3 were increased to adjust for this modification.
Audit Disaster Recovery Plan Process added (Section 8.13)
Manager Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity job description added
Entire template reviewed to validate compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley

Disaster Plan News Items From MSN

Disaster Recovery Centre Ready For Hurricane Season - Caymen Net News

To mark the start of this yearâ€™s hurricane season, the Deloitte-managed Disaster Recovery Centre (DRC) has already conducted a half-day testing exercise, which included the participation of many of DRCâ€™s clients. The test consisted of a mock ...
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Bush expands disaster assistance for 4 counties - Palm Beach Post

FORT PIERCE â€” With no homeowner or flood insurance, Angel Vazquez had nowhere to turn when Tropical Storm Fay collapsed the roof of his mobile home in Fort Pierce last week. Now, he and other storm victims can apply for federal aid to rebuild. On ...
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Democrats confident relief money headed for Iowa - Chicago Tribune

DENVER - Democratic lawmakers said they believe Congress can pass a package of financial flood aid for Iowa by the end of September. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin told the Des Moines Register that they are ...
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EchoStream for AIX Providing Essential Disaster Recovery Capabilities - MSN MoneyCentral

Vision Solutions, the leading high availability and disaster recovery solutions provider in IBM Power Systems markets (NYSE: IBM), today announced further expansion of its innovative AIX data replication and continuous data protection (CDP ...
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Virtualization Driving Organizations to Reevaluate Disaster Recovery ... - Consumer Electronics Net

CUPERTINO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/27/08 -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the global results of its fourth annual IT Disaster Recovery survey, which demonstrates a significant decline in executive involvement in disaster recovery ...
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Hyper-V Helps Revamp Disaster Recovery - PC World

For Munder Capital Management, server virtualization was all about improving their disaster recovery operations and ensuring that failed servers could be brought back online quickly. "One of the biggest things we focused on with virtualization was ...
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How Hyper-V helped my IT revamp disaster recovery - Computerworld

An organization's business continuity plan helps keep critical functions running during an emergencyâ€“the power fails, a virus is unleashed on your network, a natural disaster has occurred. Even the slightest downtime or loss of data can cripple ...
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Foundation CEO sees recovery in 12-15 years - Baton Rouge Advocate

The head of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation said Monday it may take a decade to restore what a hurricane tore apart three years ago this week. â€œLouisiana citizens and communities still remain vulnerable in many ways,â€ foundation ...
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The Trouble With Virtual Disaster Recovery - InternetNews.com

As enterprises virtualize their data centers to cut costs and consolidate their servers, they may be setting themselves for big trouble. According to the latest disaster recovery research report from Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), based on surveys of 1000 ...
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Disaster Recovery Centers Opened In Brevard Co. - News Channel 2000

MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Two disaster recovery centers opened in Brevard County on Sunday for residents hit hard by Tropical Storm Fay. The centers opened at the Martin Luther King Library in Melbourne and the Barefoot Bay Community storefront on Barefoot ...
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