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What impact would a small water leak or a region-wide power disruption have on your organization's ability to operate? Verizon Federal Network Systems (FNS) staff skilled in Disaster and Contingency Planning will help you reduce your risk of disruption and develop workable, tested plans to recover operations in case of disruption.
Our structured methodology starts with a Business Impact Analysis of a disruption to your networks and computer systems. We trace the interrelationships of your systems to chart the cascading impact of a disruption and to help you establish and maintain recovery priorities for all aspects of your business.
Preventing disruption is much less costly than recovering from an outage, and based on Verizon's extensive experience as a supplier of high-availability communications services, we focus on this truth. Our security engineers assess the threats and vulnerabilities to your systems, and then recommend actions you can take to reduce the risk of an event causing disruption to your operations. These may range from installing a simple water sensor that alerts you about a leak up to implementing diverse routing for critical communications network elements. Our understanding of the range of communications network offerings available helps us identify an assortment of solutions for your environment.
Based on the recovery objectives defined during the Business Impact Analysis, we develop recovery strategies for likely failure scenarios. Meeting or exceeding your objectives, these recovery strategies cover all aspects of your business operation: people, communications, IT systems and data, and logistics. Typically, we identify complementary strategies so you can choose one that matches your objectives, financing, and future strategy. Furthermore, Verizon FNS can provide all support necessary to implement the selected strategies so your staff can focus on their daily operational responsibilities.
Verizon FNS plans focus on rapid restoration following a disruption. Our methods develop and document detailed processes for:
- Invoking the plan
- Notification and communications
- Transportation and logistics
- Recovery activities
- Returning to normal operations
We validate the plan(s) and train your recovery personnel by developing test scenarios and testing the plans to locate planning and operational gaps. Our contingency plans are workable, maintainable guides that enable you to meet your recovery objectives. Our security engineers also recommend enhancements to your current systems management procedures to assure that contingency planning is incorporated into your change and configuration management practices.
Verizon FNS focuses on disruption prevention and rapid restoration following a disruption.
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