Name:______________________________________________

 Company:___________________________________________

 Room:_______________

 Street:______________________________________________

 City, State, Zip:_______________________________________

 Phone Number:______________________

 Business Recovery Plan for :____________________________
 

 Business Recovery Plan LEVEL 1   (Executive Awareness/Authority)

 a) Developed?
 b) Updated within the last 6 months?

 Business Recovery Plan LEVEL 2  (Plan Development and Documentation)

 1) Has a classification (critical, important, marginal) been assigned to the Business Process/Function/  Component that this Facility/Function supports?

 2) Has a Business Recovery Plan  been:

 a) Documented?
 b) Maintained?

 3) Does the Business Recovery Plan  include the following sections:

 a) Identification?
 b) Incident Management?

 i) Responsible company officer?
 ii) Personnel responsible for updates?

 c) Response?
 d) Recovery?
 e) Restoration?
 f) Plan Exercise?
 g) Plan Maintenance?
 h) Business Recovery Teams and Contact  Information?

 4) Does the Business Recovery Plan  identify hardware and software  critical to recover the Business and/or Functions?

 5) Does the Business Recovery Plan  identify necessary support   equipment (forms, spare parts, office equipment,  etc.) to recover the Business and/or Functions?

 6) Does the Business Recovery Plan  require an alternate site for
 recovery?

 i) Does the Business Recovery Plan  provide for mail service to  be forwarded to the alternate facility?
 ii) Does the Business Recovery Plan  provide for other vital  support functions?

 7) Are all critical or important data required to  support the business being backed up?

 i) Are they being stored in a protected  location (offsite)?

 8) Do you conduct a walk-through exercise of your  Plan at least annually? (This should include a full  walk-through as well as "elements" of your plan (i.e.  accounts payable, receivable, shipping and receiving, etc.)

 9) Does the walk-through element exercises have a  prepared plan which includes:

 a) Description
 b) Scope
 c) Objective

 10) Is a current copy of the Business Recovery Plan  maintained  off-site?

 11) Do all users of the Business Recovery Plan  have ready access to a  current copy at all times?

 12) Is there an audit trail of the changes made to the  Business Recovery Plan ?

 13) Do all employees responsible for the execution  of the BDRP received ongoing training in Disaster  Recovery and Emergency Management?

LEVEL 3 (Management & Recovery Team Assessment and  Evaluation For Effectiveness)

1) Has the business officer and management team  approved the Business Recovery Plan ?

2) Does the business owner maintain:

a) The master copy of the Business Recovery Plan ?
b) An audit trail of the changes made to a Business Recovery Plan ?

3) Do all aspects of physical and logical security at the alternate site conform with your current security  procedures?

4) Are the physical and logical security at the alternate site at least as stringent as the security at the disaster  location?

5) Have all employees and their alternates responsible for executing a manual work-around for a  mechanized process been identified in the Business Recovery Plan  and properly  trained?

6) Has an independent observer documented the  simulation exercise(s) noting all results, discrepancies,  exposures, action items, and individual responsible,  etc.?

7) Was a debriefing held within a reasonable period of  time (typically two weeks) after the simulation exercise(s) to ensure all activities have been accurately recorded?

8) Did the exercise coordinator publish a simulation  exercise(s) report within a reasonable period of time  (typically three weeks) after the completion of the  simulation exercise(s)?

9) Did the exercise report include:

a) what worked properly as well as any  deficiencies and recommendations for  improvement?
b) responsiblity and due date for the  development of the Corrective Action Plan?

10) Was a Corrective Action Plan developed by the  Exercise Team to address any deficiencies identified by  the exercise?

11) Is there a retention plan for the Exercise Plans and  Corrective Action Plans (minimum retention 3 years)?

12) Has a walk-through element exercise been  performed at least quarterly?

13) Did each walk-through element exercise have a  prepared plan which includes:

a) Description
b) Scope
c) Objective

14) When there is a change in hardware, software, or a  process that might impact the Business Recovery Plan,  is the Business Recovery Plan  reviewed and updated within 30 days of the  changes:
 

Sign-Off By Officer:
by whom?
Name:____________________________
When?
Date:_____________________________

15) Based on the Joint Assessment has the Team determined that the Business Recovery Plan is effective?

Business Recover Plan (Business Recovery Plan )--LEVEL 4  (Certification)

1) Has the component Business Recovery Planbeen approved by the owner(s) of the Business Function(s)?

2) Has the entire Business Recovery Plansimulation exercise been performed at least annually?

3) Has the Corrective Action Plan been completed and closed?

4) Did the Business Recovery Plansimulation exercise have a prepared plan which includes:

 a) Description
 b) Scope
 c) Objective

5) Did the component Business Recovery Plansimulation exercise meet the acceptable Recovery Time Objective set by management?

6) Based on the Joint Assessment has the Team determined that the Business Recovery Planand Exercises have met all requirements to provide reasonable assurance that the plan will work in the event of a disaster?

7) Does the Business Recovery Planspecify the maximum acceptable Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?

8) Does the Business Recovery Planspecify the level of service (which the business owner has agreed to be acceptable) to  be provided while in recovery mode?

9) Have all changes relating to RTO in the Business Recovery Plan been approved by the process owner?

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