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CIO FOCUS: CONTINUITY PLANNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT
VIDEO (VHS or CD)
by WatchIT

“Giga Information Group analysts Colin Rankine, Steve Hunt, and Andrew Bartels discuss
proven methods for helping your company recover from disaster. They outline a
comprehensive course of action on three fronts: preparedness, security, and decentralization.
Rankine lays the groundwork for your disaster recovery plan and discusses the steps you'll
need to take to get started. He addresses such questions as how to identify threats your
company could face. Hunt stresses the importance of relying on people and processes in
addition to technology, as you ensure your firm's security. Bartels focuses on how to change
your corporate culture to make it easier to deal with decentralizing, and discusses
technologies that can keep an organization running efficiently during a crisis. The Giga
Information Group is a global technology advisory organization based in Cambridge, Mass.

“For those with access to the CD and online versions, this program provides an extensive
selection of additional resources, including Web links featuring in-depth articles such as
'Chief Security Officers Bear Heavy Burden'; 'Data Security and Privacy Audits - Adding Value
to the Organization'; 'The New Face of Contingency Planning' and 'When and How to Use
Security Consultants.' White papers include 'Business Risk Management: The Business
Language of Security'; 'Risk Management' and 'Security: What Is It and How Much Do I
Need?'

PROGRAM TOPICS:

* INTRODUCTION
* EXPERTS IN THIS PROGRAM
* AGENDA

* WHAT TO EXPECT FROM YOUR DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN
* Your Disaster Recovery Plan: Where Does Your Company Stand?
* Colin Rankine: Senior Management Must Buy-in to a Disaster Recovery Plan
* Launching the Exploration Phase of a Disaster Recovery Plan
* Steve Hunt: Communication Is a Basic Principle of Security Planning
* Steve Hunt: Security Measures Must Match Business Needs
* Technology Alone Is Not Enough for an Effective Business Continuity Plan
* Andrew Bartels: Technology Alone Is Not Enough for an Effective Business Continuity Plan

* HOW CURRENT IT TRENDS AFFECT DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
* Current IT Trends Make Disaster Recovery Planning Difficult
* Colin Rankine: External Partners Make Disaster Recovery Planning Difficult
* Colin Rankine: Distributed Architectures Make Disaster Recovery Planning Difficult
* Colin Rankine: Application Volume Makes Disaster Recovery Planning Difficult

* FORMATION OF A DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN
* Colin Rankine: Business Impact Analysis - Protecting the Right Assets
* Colin Rankine: Determining Threats to Assets That Must Be Protected
* Preparing a Threat Profile for Your Organization
* Preparing a Threat Profile for Your Organization
* Colin Rankine: Building a Threat Profile - Resources
* Colin Rankine: Building a Threat Profile - Common Sense
* Don't Overlook Protection of Data on the Client Side
* Colin Rankine: Planning for the Challenge of Client-Side Backup

* INCREASING YOUR SECURITY AGAINST DISASTER
* Steve Hunt: Take Responsibility for Providing Increased Security
* Steve Hunt: Providing Increased Security - Building Awareness
* Steve Hunt: Providing Increased Security - View Security in Business Terms
* Providing Increased Security: Screen New Personnel Carefully
* Providing Increased Security: The Incident Response Team
* Steve Hunt: Responsibilities of the Incident Response Team
* The Four 'A's for Maintaining Corporate Security
* Maintaining Security: The Role of Authentication
* Steve Hunt: Authentication Technologies
* Maintaining Security: The Role of Authorization
* Steve Hunt: Authentication Technologies - Cost-Benefit View
* Maintaining Security: The Role of Administration
* Maintaining Security: The Role of Audit
* Maintaining Security: The Chief Security Officer
* Responsibilities of a Chief Security Officer
* Steve Hunt: Responsibilities of a Chief Security Officer

* SHOULD YOU DECENTRALIZE YOUR OPERATIONS?
* Centralization Versus Decentralization
* Centralization Versus Decentralization: Changing the Corporate Culture
* Andrew Bartels: The Driving Forces Behind Decentralization
* Andrew Bartels: The Effects of Decentralization Upon Corporate Culture
* Decentralization Is Aided By Advances in Technology
* Andrew Bartels: Technologies That Encourage Decentralization
* Collaborative Technologies Have Their Drawbacks

* CONCLUSION
* Steve Hunt: Keep Security Planning in Line With Business Needs
* Andrew Bartels: Have We Learned the Right Lessons?
* Andrew Bartels: Evaluating the Decentralization Option
* Double-Check Your Strategy When Building a Business Continuity Plan
* Colin Rankine: Plan Logically, Not Emotionally
* Disaster Recovery Planning Encompasses Many Factors
* Steve Hunt: Final Thoughts - Help the Security Policy Meet Business Needs
* Colin Rankine: Final Thoughts - Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning
* Andrew Bartels: Final Thoughts - Risk Management Requires Flexibility and Adaptability

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PRESENTER:
RICK ADAMSON, NARRATOR

Rick Adamson, a professional narrator, spokesman and actor, has specialized in the role of
educator for major corporations and publishing companies over the past ten years. Clients
include AT&T, Johnson & Johnson, Canon, Sony, Merrill Lynch, Tyco and many more. His
work ranges from the presentation of arcane medical and technical information, to storytelling
narration for dozens of children's audiobook titles used in schools and libraries. Recent adult
audiobook readings include Bill Gates' 'The Road Ahead,' and survival stories for Listen and
Live Audio's 'Epic: Tales from the Highest Peaks,' and 'Rough Water: Survival at Sea.' Rick
lives in New Jersey with his wife and two young sons.”

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ANDREW BARTELS

“Andrew Bartels is an analyst covering electronic commerce trends and technologies. Prior to
joining Giga Information Group®, Andy held a variety of vice president positions at American
Express in technologies, strategic planning and re-engineering. Most recently, he was acting
head of the Electronic Commerce Center of Excellence and vice president of e-commerce
enterprise strategy and standards, covering both the Internet and smart cards. Earlier, Andy
developed and implemented American Express' Internet payment strategy and led the
implementation of technology for supporting the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Secure
Electronic Transaction (SET) protocols.Prior to American Express, Andy worked as an
economics researcher, writer and editor for various organizations, including Shearson Lehman
Brothers; the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban
Affairs; and the Council on Wage and Price Stability in the Executive Office of the President.
Andy earned a B.A. in philosophy from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in history from John
Hopkins University.”

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COLIN RANKINE

“Colin Rankine is an analyst and research leader in Giga Information Group's Computing
Infrastructures research organization, with primary responsibility for its research direction and
client service delivery. Colin's research focus covers data center management, mainframe
systems and storage. More specifically, he specializes in IBM mainframe processors;
operating systems and clustering technology; data center operations and technical support
issues; mainframe software asset management; as well as cross-platform data storage
hardware, software and storage management practices. Colin's expertise and practical
experience extends to multiple-data-center consolidation efforts, high availability initiatives
and disaster recovery projects. He has 12 years of experience managing various programs
and projects in both data center operations and technical support organizations. Prior to
joining Giga Information Group, Colin held technical marketing, technical support and
consulting positions at IBM. Colin graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in electrical
engineering from Duke University. He also earned an M.B.A. in finance and international
business from New York University, where he was one of two candidates awarded recognition
as a Stern Scholar for academic excellence.”

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STEVE HUNT

“Steve Hunt, a certified information systems security professional (CISSP), covers enterprise
security, and has 19 years of experience in all aspects of the security industry, including
physical, corporate and information security. He advises global clients on a variety of IT
topics, including biometrics, risk management, smart cards and security issues concerning
e-commerce and mobile and wireless devices. As a recognized author and expert on security
trends, emerging technologies and business risk management, Steve has been featured
frequently on CNN, CBS MarketWatch, and in daily newspapers and trade magazines
including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Computerworld
and InformationWeek. Steve has a diverse background in security, and works with senior
executives of industry-leading corporations, including Microsoft, BMC Software, Tivoli,
Netegrity, RSA and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also provides investment banks and venture
capital firms with advice on current and future trends, identifying promising investments,
performing due diligence investigations and planning marketing strategies for startups. Steve
has provided advice and counsel in this area to 3i Group, Goldman Sachs, Soundview, Bank
of America, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan. Prior to joining Giga Information Group in 1998,
Hunt served as technical director to MEMCO Software's 20 worldwide channels and resellers.
Previously, he designed and deployed physical security architectures.”

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