Occupation
Business Continuity Planners
Develop, maintain, or implement business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documentation of business continuity and disaster recovery procedures. Plan, conduct, and debrief regular mock-disaster exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly. Act as a coordinator for continuity efforts after a disruption event.
O*NET 31.0 · 13-1199.04
A typical week, in the words of people in the job
- 01Identify individual or transaction targets to direct intelligence collection.
- 02Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.
- 03Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers.
- 04Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.
- 05Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.
- 06Maintain and update organization information technology applications and network systems blueprints.
- 07Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.
- 08Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.
- 09Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
- 10Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials.
- 11Design or implement products and services to mitigate risk or facilitate use of technology-based tools and methods.
- 12Recommend or implement methods to monitor, evaluate, or enable resolution of safety, operations, or compliance interruptions.
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