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This EDUCAUSE community discusses issues, challenges and best practices of IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity (IT DR/BC). This group supports IT professionals whose job it is to implement DR/BC programs on their campuses. Topics include developing a DR strategy, writing a DR, Crisis management and BC plan, creating Business Impact Analysis documents, identifying risks and identifying and addressing gaps. Educating campus partners about the advantages, not only to having documented plans, but in exercising those plans.

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    RE: Leadership Opportunity

    By: Andy Smith , 9 days ago

    Hi Alice, I am sure you'll hear from Emily. Currently I am helping out in this capacity and it would be awesome if you wanted to partner. As far as duties: I try to make sure and respond when someone ...

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    RE: Leadership Opportunity

    By: Alice Jones , 9 days ago

    I am happy to help Andy Smith as he leads this Educause group. Alice Alice Jones Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Facilities AITS | Administrative Information Technology ...

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    RE: Criticality and Business Impact Analysis

    By: Andy Smith , 23 days ago

    Hello Renee, Thank you for sharing your post. I appreciated your comments on the risk scale as we have challenges with this. Our aim when developing our tool was to strike ...

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    RE: Criticality and Business Impact Analysis

    By: Renee Peters , 24 days ago

    We are taking the same approach at our college. Since we have limited budget for the larger risk analysis platforms, we started with just a simple spreadsheet. Our factors are applicable to risk across ...

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    RE: Criticality and Business Impact Analysis

    By: Andy Smith , 24 days ago

    Hi Celisa, Thank you for sharing this great topic! We have been grappling with a similar issue and have made some progress. Our goal is to empower Service Owners to assess services before ...

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  • Collaboration Opportunity

    By: Andy Smith Andy Smith , one month ago
    Hello everyone! I hope your summer is off to a great start. 
    I’m excited to extend an invitation to our upcoming ITDR Collaborators meeting! Our group has been meeting for several months now, and it’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow professionals in our field. We discuss best practices, share first-hand experiences, and cover many things related to ITDR.
    Meeting Details:
    • Date: July 24, 2024
    • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    • Platform: Zoom (Please contact me for an invite)
    Feel free to reach out directly if you’re interested in attending—I’ll be happy to send you an invitation. Let’s have a productive and IT disaster-free summer! 
     

    Andrew Smith | ITDR Program Manager
    University of Oregon | ISO
    1715 Franklin BLVD Eugene, OR 97403
    541-346-2505
    acsm@uoregon.edu | uoregon.edu

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