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Be Prepared for Terrorism CBRN, Pandemic and natural disaster.Apply the Project Argus message to your existing contingency plans or develop Business Continuity and contingency plans from our " Free" training and templates.
We are pleased to present the government counter terrorist initiative " Project Argus" in association with a full days training and group workshop. Project Argus will form the basis of the days training with a simulated attack designed to promote measures you can take for preventing, handling and recovering from a terrorist attack and natural or accidental disruptive event. For more details Click here |
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Scenario
A pre-defined set of events and conditions which describe an interruption, disruption or disaster related to some aspect(s) of an organisation's business for purposes of exercising a recovery plan(s).
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Security review
A periodic review of the security of tangible and intangible assets which should cover security policy, effectiveness of policy implementation, restriction of access to the assets, accountability for access and basic safety.
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Senior management
person or group of people who directs and controls an organization at the highest level
Note. Senior management, especially in a large multinational organization, might not be directly involved; however senior management accountability through the chain of command is manifest. In a small organization, senior management might be the owner or sole proprietor.
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Service level agreement (SLA)
An agreement between a service provider and service user as to the nature, quality, availability and scope of the service to be provided.
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Site access denial
Any disturbance or activity within the area surrounding the site which renders the site unavailable, e.g. fire, flood, riot, strike, loss of services, forensics. The site itself may be undamaged.
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Social impact
Any incident or happening that affects the well-being of a population and which is often not financially quantifiable.
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Stakeholders
those with an interest in an organization’s achievements, e.g. customers, partners, employees, suppliers, shareholders, owners, government and regulators.
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Stand down
Formal notification that the alert may be called off or that the state of disaster is over.
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Standby service
The provision of the relevant recovery facilities, such as cold site, warm site, hot site and mobile standby.
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Structured walk-through
An exercise in which team members verbally review each step of a plan to assess its effectiveness, identify enhancements, constraints and deficiencies. (Associated term: bench test).
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System denial
A failure of the computer system for a protracted period, which may impact an enterprise's ability to sustain its normal business activities.
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System recovery
The procedures for rebuilding a computer system to the condition where it is ready to accept data and applications. System recovery depends on having access to suitable hardware.
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System restore
The procedures that are necessary to get a system into an operable condition where it is possible to run the application software against the available data. System restore depends upon having a live system available.
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