Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Emergency Planning in the Government Environment Training Workshop VII

Industry and Government Leaders Present Practical Solutions to Government COOP Requirements.

Hear from industry experts and government managers leading Business Continuity Planning and Continuity of Operations Development. The instructor Team presents practical, real-life solutions required to establish or improve a business continuity program within your Federal, State, Local, Tribal, or Private Sector organization. The key to success in moving your COOP program forward is gaining the foothold within your organization’s culture and business processes. You will hear from Federal Agency Leadership about their development of a COOP Program that has been recognized by DHS as best practice. Learn about impacts of current events that drive Telework, Resilience and other key response and recovery strategies.

Learn about the New COOP Requirements and what they mean for your organization. The Federal Government’s continuity requirements are currently being updated and this workshop will address the new developments and how it will impact your organization. Planning for National Level Exercise and Eagle Horizon 2010 are currently under way. This session will address how to gauge your progress in preparing for it and what new aspects you can expect from it.

Learn how to Justify COOP Programs to Senior Management and Build Cooperation and Consensus at the “Front line” levels. Instructors will simply and clearly answer the “what’s in it for me” question from the leadership level through, and right down to the individual implementer’s level. This technique, though simple and easily tailored, is often the key to gain leadership’s buy-in and individual understanding of the complexities involving the many facets of COOP.

Consider this Workshop

• If you have a COOP Program that is just taking off
• If you have an established COOP Program and want to become familiar with how the new federal guidance has changed in the as little as the last six months
• If you are new to the Federal COOP environment
• If you are in top leadership and need to learn more about what you are “on the hook” for within COOP
• If you have recently taken over an existing COOP Program and want to ensure that it is up to speed with the industry’s best practices
• then this is the session for you to deliver a practical and sustainable COOP Program that complies with government regulations, best practices and effective management.

What You Will Learn

• Define all aspects of COOP
• Justify COOP program and testing
• Describe the activities involved in developing and implementing a sound COOP strategy
• Distinguish between COOP and Disaster Recovery and understand how both topics are critical to contingency planning
• Understand the new Federal requirements and guidelines
• Understand the increasing responsibilities on Human Resources, Logistics and Contract Management brought about by the Implementation of COOP
• How to effectively engage Telework within your COOP Program
• Develop an action plan for delivering your COOP Program
• Understand COOP and IT Infrastructure support
• Develop a COOP Implementation plan complete with Emergency Response Strategies
• Develop a COOP Testing, Training, and Exercise Plan & Program for tracking your COOP posture
• Understand Government regulations on COOP and Business Continuity and how they pertain to your agency and why (including The Disaster Recovery Plan and the Information Systems Contingency Plan according to NIST 800-34 Ref. 1 and Federal COOP Guidelines – FCD-1/FCD-2/NCP Implementation Plan)

Who Should Attend

• Senior Leadership who own the COOP Program
• Middle managers and staff tasked with the development and implementation of COOP
• IT Managers and Staff tasked with Information Systems Contingency Planning according to the “NEW” NIST SP800-34 Rev. 1 Guidance
• IGs, QA Managers and Staff
• Program Managers responsible program operation
• Procurement Staff responsible for COOP Contracting
• Human Resource Managers and Supervisors responsible for Implementing COOP Telework and tracking personnel during emergencies

Why You Should Attend

• Learn how COOP/DR is an essential requirement for government emergency preparedness
• Network with your colleagues on COOP/DR capability in the Federal, State, Local Government
• Review the development phases, tasks, and how to deploy personnel for COOP/DR implementations, testing, and exercises
• Understand the best COOP/DR Architecture for your organization
• Get some practical experience in COOP/DR concepts and planning through the course workshops
• Gain insight into building resilient data centers that scale efficiently
• Learn the importance of data integrity and how to protect it
• Understand the reasons why some COOP/DR implementations fail
• Apply techniques to maximize the efficiency of your IT and Systems contingency plans