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Paul Kirvan is an independent consultant/IT auditor and technical writer/editor/educator with more than 22 years experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, security, enterprise risk management, telecomm/IT auditing and over 30 years experience in technical writing/editing, technical training and public speaking. Mr. Kirvan has been directly involved with dozens of business continuity, security, IT audit, risk and telecom consulting engagements, ranging from operational audits and strategy definition projects to plan design and implementation, program exercising, execution and maintenance, and RFP preparation and response. Mr. Kirvan was recently a member of the board of The Business Continuity Institute and is currently a member of the board and secretary of the BCI’s USA Chapter. He is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Fellow of the BCI (FBCI) and Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP).
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Contributions from Paul Kirvan
- Leverage government cybersecurity programs
- Conducting a damage assessment
- Tips for recovering from cyber attacks
- Options for a backup DR site
- What to do after building a DR program
- Incident response plans must be part of a DR plan
- Essential disaster recovery (DR) program activities
- Why you should exercise disaster recovery procedures
- How to address employee relocation in a DR plan
- What must happen before activating a DR plan
- Build the right DR program by defining roles
- Identify DR strategy before completing a DR plan
- Why choosing a data protection solution is critical
- Risk assessments identify external and internal risks
- Why you need a business impact analysis questionnaire
- Good project management is essential for a successful D
- Securing approval for a business continuity program
- Initiating a disaster recovery program
- Protect your IT infrastructure from intentional attacks
- Developing a BC/DR training program