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Assignment 3: Contingency Planning Let us consider the following scenario:
Assignment 3: Contingency Planning
Let us consider the following scenario:
You work for a small company with less than fifty employees and a very small IT budget (less than 2% of the total budget of the company). You report to the chief financial officer of the company.
You have been asked to develop a business continuity plan, but you have concerns over the allotted budget and resources for contingency planning in IT. You believe that a proper business continuity plan will require additional financial resources. You want to convince your boss that a business continuity plan is a vital component of an information security proposal in any business, small or large. You must also convince your boss that the current budget is insufficient for a solid business continuity plan.
Tasks:
- In a cover letter, describe business continuity planning from a small business perspective.
- Discuss the potential impact of a business continuity plan on relationships between small businesses and their customer base.
- Discuss how your plan will require more than 2% of the total company's budget and why it is necessary and important. Include in your cover letter a request for additional funds.
- Develop an ideal business continuity plan for a small business that mitigates threats and minimizes risks to a company, with less emphasis on costs. Your plan should evaluate at least five of the critical elements of business continuity planning such as:Data backup and recovery
- Mission-critical systems
- Financial and operational assessments
- Keeping the business moving without IT
- Informing customers
- Contingency operations
- Alternate communications
Support your reasoning with evidence from scholarly, peer-reviewed literature from 2 to 3 scholarly sources. Your paper should demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA) and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Submission Details:
- Save the assignment as M1_A3_Lastname_Firstname.doc.
- By the due date assigned, submit your assignment to the Submissions Area.
Assignment 3 Grading CriteriaMaximum Points
Described business continuity planning from a small business perspective.20
Discussed the potential impact of a business continuity plan on relationships between small businesses and their customer base.20
Discussed how the plan would require more than 2% of the total company's budget and why it is necessary and important. Included in the cover letter a request for additional funds.20
Developed an ideal business continuity plan for a small business that mitigates threats and minimizes risks to a company, with less emphasis on costs. Evaluated at least five of the critical elements of business continuity planning.20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in the accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.20
Total:100
Due Date
Nov 30, 2017 11:59 PM