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Security and Stability
COPE™: Crisis Operations Planning and
Education
- Emergency Preparedness Planning
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Continuity of Operations Planning
— these and many more initiatives associated with security of people,
places, and information are on the minds of most
business executives, worldwide. And this includes planning associated
with the growing “pandemic
influenza” threat.
Many companies have not yet fully developed such
contingency plans, or they haven’t put these
plans through sufficient testing to determine whether
or not their companies are, in fact, prepared. IRI offers
a programmed approach to facilitate Security and
Stability Planning— COPE™, Crisis
Operations Planning and Education—bolstering
security functionality while laying the foundation
for successful security, emergency, recovery, and
continuity planning.
Security Planning
Effective security planning starts with a company security
culture receptive to both planning as well as instituting
fundamental protective
measures, and continues evolving to add more comprehensive
security practices. Many companies believe adapting
suitable security policies
and procedures may be burdensome; or management may
be undecided how much is enough; or risk assessment has not
been adequately addressed.
Or, management is uncertain how to begin or continue
the process.
IRI consultants
have expertise helping companies analyze the broad spectrum
of threats to personnel,
their work
environment, and the
company’s proprietary information including
operating data, know-how, and trade secrets. Ongoing
planning is crucial, and IRI can
help assess needs, recommend actions, and refine
policies and procedures aimed at reducing vulnerabilities.
Awareness of threats
and commensurate vulnerabilities helps management
better understand consequences including those
that otherwise might have been cloaked
as “unforeseen.”
Emergency Preparedness
Planning
Natural disasters, terrorist events, and pandemic diseases,
as never before, have caused many companies to
rethink approaches
and steps
necessary to maintain or regain business stability
during and after events. IRI has a consultative approach
to help management
evaluate,
prioritize, and establish practices tailored
to their specific profile given location, industry, and other
parameters
that shape the most
appropriate courses of action. IRI helps its
clients
enhance
awareness while providing appropriate levels
of ongoing support, such as testing,
table-top exercises, and training. IRI helps
clients with “pre-event” or “preventative” measures
to help minimize the potential for adverse consequences
and minimize loss.
Disaster Recovery Planning
When disaster strikes, even the best attempts at preparedness
may still yield very unwelcome aftershock consequences
and prolonged or lingering problem sets for certain
businesses. A
key component
to
business survival is—time. It is crucial
to resume business activities as quickly as possible. IRI helps
management weigh
alternatives and options associated with efficient
business resumption while planning
for contingencies associated with adverse impact
to company personnel and assets.
Continuity of Operations Planning
Many kinds of events can disrupt a business;
and disruption may involve loss of personnel,
loss of the place of business,
and loss of operating
data. And there are losses associated with supplier
and distributor arrangements as well as customer
relationships.
IRI helps
management prepare for all the elements required
to coordinate
business activities as they were before business
interruption occurred.
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