CS630: Business Contingency Planning
Credit Hours:
3
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Estimated Hours Per Week:
15
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Overview
This course focuses on the development of contingency plans for the continuation of business during times of incident response and recovery. The course introduces topics such as:
- Conducting Business Impact Analyses (BIA)
- Preventive controls and contingency strategies
- Planning, testing, and training activities
- Incident recovery and notification
In the course project, Contingency Plan: Designing a Plan for Incident Response and Recovery, students develop a contingency plan for a case study company. Students will complete a series of assignments that provide hands-on experience in working through the contingency planning process and documenting such plans for an organization.
Course Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
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Explain the need for a contingency plan and its importance to information security.
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Perform a Business Impact Analysis.
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Identify and select appropriate preventive controls.
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Explain the various recovery strategies and select appropriate strategies for a given environment.
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Create a plan for testing, conducting training, and carrying out exercises in support of contingency planning.
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Explain the circumstances under which contingency plans are activated and outline notification procedures.
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Describe the process of recovery after implementing a contingency plan and how normal operations are resumed.
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Create a contingency plan for an organization.
Special Requirements
NOTE: The CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide is a required resource that you will use throughout this set of specialization courses for Cyber Security. It is listed as a required text in all Cyber Security courses. You only need to purchase it once, unless later editions of the guide are released as you pursue the specialization.
Required Texts
CS630 texts are available from the JIU/Follett Bookstore
