The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management
Author: Andrew Hiles
How long would your business survive an interruption? What if operations were destroyed by fire or flood, negative media drives away customers or the company database is stolen or infected by a virus? How well are you prepared to deal with disaster?
This comprehensive guide tells you why you need a plan and then will help you put one together, including fully updated, detailed glossary and additional examples from the USA, Australia and Europe. Clearly split into useful sections, the book is easy to navigate.
The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management has been revised and updated to reflect new regulations and standards by one of the top international authorities in the field, this is an important book for anyone within the business continuity industry.
Seven new chapters include coverage of: US Homeland Security measures relating to IT; UK Civil Contingencies Act relating to business continuity; NFP 16000 (US National Fire Prevention Association 1600 Business Continuity standard); British Standards Institution/Business Continuity Institute Publicly Available Standard 56 and other current and upcoming standards; Other emerging standards: Singapore standard for Disaster Recovery service providers, Australia & New Zealand standards; Pandemic planning
With contributions from leading practitioners in the industry, The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management has established itself as an invaluable resource for anyone involved in, or looking to gain a detailed appreciation of, the rapidly emerging area of business continuity and disaster recovery within the corporate environment.
Table of Contents:
Contributors xiForeword Lyndon Bird xv
Preface David Honour xvii
Introduction Andrew Hiles xix
An introduction to business continuity planning Andrew Hiles xxiii
How to use this book Andrew Hiles xxix
Achieving and maintaining business continuity: an executive overview 1
What are we planning for? Geert Vancoppenolle 3
What is a business continuity planning (BCP) strategy? Mike O'Hehir 27
A crisis management perspective of business continuity Robert Heath 47
Multilateral continuity planning &nb sp; Dennis C. Hamilton 59
Marketing protection: a justification for funding of total asset protection programmes? Andrew Hiles 73
Operational risk management Peter Viner 83
Business strategy and business continuity planning Ranjit Kovilinkal Ramakrishnan Satish Viswanathan 97
Planning for business continuity: a 'how-to' guide 103
The business continuity planning methodology Malcolm Cornish 105
Project initiation and management Jayne Howe 119
Risk evaluation and control: practical guidelines for risk assessment Ian Charters 137
Business impact analysis Peter Barnes &nbs p; 145
Developing business continuity strategies for the business or work areas Neal Courtney 161
Business continuity strategies for financial services Jillian Simms 173
Business continuity strategies for manufacturing and logistics Melvyn Musson 185
Business continuity for telecommunications Paul P. Kirvan 193
Strategies for IT and communications Michael Smith Piper-Anna Shields 205
Planning to recover your data Thomas Carroll 237
Strategies for funding recovery Danny Rowland 253
Emergency response and operations Gregg C. Beatty 263
Developing and implementing the written plan Andrew Hiles 279
Awareness and training Andrew Hiles 315
BC plan testing Tim Armit 323
BC audit Rolf von Rossing 339
Selecting the tools to support the process Lyndon Bird 369
Coping with people in recovery Allen Johnson 387
The missing elements Andrew Hiles 405
Case studies Peter Barnes Andrew Hiles 411
An introduction to the case study section 412
Storm, earthquake, explosion - a general overview 416
Living nightmares - some apocryphal tales 420
World Trade Center explosion 26 February 1993 423
Hurricane Andrew, Miami - 24 August 1992 426
Chicago floods - 13 April 1992 429
Thirty seconds of terror! The California earthquake 431
After the Fire - First Interstate Bank, Los Angeles 435
One Meridian Plaza, Philadelphia 437
The Mercantile fire 442
How floods can ruin your day: London College of Printing 447
Flood highlights 449
A cautionary tale 451
It happened to them 454
Fire highlights 457
Wessex Regional Health Authority 459
The Bishopsgate bomb - 25 April 1993 462
City bomb blast: St Mary Axe - 10 April 1992 465
Explosion roundup 467
Stop thief! 469
Miscellaneous highlights 472
Lessons in risk management from the Auckland power crisis 475
Foot and mouth: a preventable disaster 486
The Madrid rail bombings - 11 March 2004 495
Istanbul bombings - November 2003 497
London bombings - 7 July 2005 (7/7) 498
Buncefield (UK) oil terminal disaster - 11 December 2005 501
General guideline notes Andrew Hiles 507
Risk: a process approach 508
Data loss: where did it go? 510
The role of insurance 517
Five nines: chasing t he chimera? 522
Consultancy without tears 528
Financing business continuity: why is it a problem? 531
Pandemic planning Malcolm Cornish 534
Certification standards 545
Certification standards for business continuity practitioners 546
International perspectives, standards and sources 551
The implications of recent legislation and standards on business continuity Andrew Hiles 552
Business continuity management: an international perspective from the BCI Lyndon Bird 565
Business continuity planning in Asia Alan Craig 573
Useful international contacts 588
Glossary of general business continuity terms 591
Index 595
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Financial Statement Analysis Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises and Tests to help you Master Financial Statement Analysis, 3rd Edition
Author: Martin Fridson
Whether you’re evaluating a company’s stock price, assessing its credit quality, or determining valuations for a merger or acquisition, deciphering the messages embedded within a company’s financial statements is critical–especially after the recent demise of so-called "solid" companies. This workbook will help you do this and much more, by allowing you to hone your skills and test the knowledge you’ve gained from reading Financial Statement Analysis, Third Edition.
Question-and-answer sections within this workbook correspond to each chapter of Financial Statement Analysis, Third Edition, so you can use this guide in conjunction with the actual text. Alternatively, you can use the self-administered tests that are also a part of this workbook to independently practice the skill of reading and understanding financial statements. Either way, using the Financial Statement Analysis Workbook will help you expand your skills in reading an d analyzing financial statements–so you can successfully put your hard-won knowledge to work in the real world.
Table of Contents:
| Part 1 | Questions | 1 |
| Questions on Each Chapter | 3 | |
| Financial Statement Exercises | 31 | |
| Computational Exercises | 56 | |
| Part 2 | Answers | 77 |
| Answers to Questions on Each Chapter | 79 | |
| Answers to Financial Statement Exercises | 108 | |
| Answers to Computational Exercises | 124 |
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