How to Effectively Audit Contingency and Business
Continuity Plans Workshop
Attend this timely seminar and ensure that your organization’s assessments, contingency and business continuity plans address the right threats and properly prepare your staff to execute those plans
August 4-5, 2008
Arlington, VA
Registration
Time: 8:00 AM
Program
Starts: 8:30 AM
Wrap-up: 4:00 PM
About
this Workshop:
Management, audit and security professionals in government and the private sector should be concerned that current contingency and business continuity plans often are not adequate to cope with existing threats (hurricanes, fire, flood, etc.) nor new and evolving threats such as avian flu, global terrorism, cyber terrorism and infrastructure attack threats. The Office of Homeland Security has recently issued a directive for government organizations to ensure that their emergency preparedness and contingency plans are adequate to protect people, assets and business continuity. The fact is, many plans are not adequate and their owners are complacently oblivious to these deficiencies.
The How to Effectively Audit Contingency and Business Continuity Plans Workshop will help you explore the emerging intelligence requirements, learn organizational and operations skills needed to conduct Homeland Security intelligence activities, survey the legal and information requirements demanded by Congress, and implement an effective operational plan across intelligence and law enforcement. You will examine the processes of information sharing, intelligence and warning, cross-organization collaboration, and intelligence dissemination.
Attendees will learn practical approaches and methodologies to audit contingency and business continuity plans, including guidelines to prepare effective audit programs with emphasis on identifying new or overlooked threats. The seminar focuses on these key aspects of contingency plan auditing:
1. How to identify and audit the processes by which
contingency and business continuity plans are
developed
2. How to audit the adequacy of the structure and
contents of a plan with a view to determining
deficiencies
3. Approaches and methodologies to use in preparing
effective audit plans to assess the contingency
plans
4. How to identify and account for weaknesses and deficiencies likely to
be encountered when auditing contingency plans
What
You Will Learn:
- Background, approaches, methodologies and audit guidelines to plan and conduct effective independent audits of Contingency and Business Continuity Plans that will help you focus on the important aspects of each plan
- How to effectively audit contingency plans to determine if they respond to the appropriate threats and uncover deficiencies
- How to offer constructive recommendations for improving existing plans and correct their deficiencies
Who
Should Attend:
- Executives that bear responsibility for enterprise protection and continuity within public and private sector organizations
- Internal, external, and Information technology auditors in all types of profit and non-profit organizations
- Information security officers and corporate contingency plan coordinators who oversee the adequacy of corporate and divisional plans
- Business managers, risks management professionals, user line managers and personnel who must develop their own contingency plans or who must review the adequate of contingency plans of organizations that provide services in support of their operations
- Contingency planners and quality assurance professionals and anyone with responsibility for ensuring that business continuity plans a) exist and b) are adequate and current
About Your Speaker:
Ken Koch - Business Resource Management, Inc.
Companies that require accurate, useable, cost-effective, and updateable contingency management services turn to Ken Koch and his firm, Business Resource Management, Inc. His experience across a variety of industries within public and private sector organizations allows him to bring a best-practices approach to each unique client situation.
A practicing consultant in the contingency field for over 20 years, Ken has assisted companies prepare for, and gain the training and confidence to face, a wide range of natural and man-made threats. Mr. Koch is a frequent speaker and author on contingency plan development, risk mitigation, exercises and audits.
Recent projects include assisting with the evaluation of a large-scale disaster response drill simulating a C-130 airplane crash in conjunction with the City of Eagan, 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard, FAA, FBI and 13 other agencies; supporting an evacuation drill for a radiological release from a nuclear power plant; and auditing/updating the contingency plan of a major south Florida public mall in preparation of hurricane season. Ken specializes in finding solutions to his customer’s unique problems and helping them prepare themselves for the future.
Sponsors:
| Media Sponsors: |
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Homeland Defense Journal is the first and most trusted independent monthly magazine dedicated exclusively to covering issues of critical importance to U.S. homeland security and defense. Each month, the industry’s leading journalists and experts provide in-depth coverage and analysis of programs, projects, new initiatives, government funding and innovative products that help keep America safe, strong and secure. |
Become A Sponsor:
ATTENTION INDUSTRY AND SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS: Our sponsors will have a unique opportunity
to network with, and showcase their products
and services to, government decision-makers
and leaders. If you would like to
learn more about this event and ways in
which our market research and media outlets
can assist your sales program,
please contact Sareth Neak, Manager, Business Development, 203-644-6020
Registration Fee:
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Government
Employees
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Small Business (less than 100 employees) |
Industry (includes gov't contractors) |
| How to Effectively Audit Contingency and Business Continuity Plans and The Future of Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Telework Conference - Save $100! |
$820 |
$990 |
$1190 |
| How to Effectively Audit Contingency and Business Continuity Plans Workshop Only (Aug 4-5) |
$625 |
$695 |
$795 |
| The Future of Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Telework Conference Only (Aug 6-7) |
$295 |
$395 |
$495 |
Registration Options:
[1] Online with your credit card
using our online
booking form
[2] Fax our downloadable registration
form (requires Acrobat
Reader) to 703-412-9286
[3] Phone Customer Service
at 703-412-9287 x222
[4] E-mail Customer Service
[5] Mail our downloadable registration
form to:
Homeland Defense Journal
1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 710
Arlington, VA 22202
Registrations
are payable by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, company
check or government purchase order.
CANCELLATION POLICY: You may designate
a substitute in writing any time before the event.
If you need to cancel your registration, you must send your
notice in writing and will be subject to a $50 processing
fee. No refunds are given for cancellations received one
week prior to the event start date or later. PLEASE NOTE:
No shows will be liable for the entire registration fee. In the rare occasion that the event is cancelled or postponed, please note our reimbursement is limited to paid tuition only.
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Contact
Us:
- For registration information, please
contact Customer Service at 703-412-9287 x222
- For government speaking and best practices
presentation opportunities, please
contact Kim Hovda, (703) 894-1096
- For product and solutions companies
interested in sponsorship information
and related speaking opportunities,
contact Sareth Neak, Manager, Business Development, 203-644-6020
- For organizations interested in partnership opportunities, contact Brian Lake, 703-412-9287 x225
If you have any questions about Homeland Defense Journal
events in general, please see our Event FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).
Workshop Location:
The workshop will be held in the Homeland Defense Journal Training Center in the Jefferson Plaza Building at 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway (7th floor), Arlington, VA 22202. Public parking at the facility is available for $10.00 early morning special (before 8:00am) or $18.00 all day. The Jefferson Plaza Building is just two blocks from the Crystal City Metro Station on the blue and yellow line. Please note: the parking garage is located on Crystal Drive.
Map and directions to the event location
Crystal City Metro stop information
Airport and walking directions from Metro
Nearby hotels include:
When calling to make a reservation at the Crowne Plaza Washington National Airport, ask for the “Government*Horizons” rate which is prevailing government per diem. Rooms and rates are based on availability.
2008 Event Schedule:
Start
planning now for your 2008 training needs! To download
a pdf of our planned training conferences and workshops
for 2008, please click here.
On-Site Training:
Have a Large Staff to Train? Can't Make These Dates? Tight Travel Budget?
Homeland Defense Journal can provide physical security and emergency management training, wherever and whenever you need, including on-site at your facility. Our staff will cost-effectively implement training customized to your needs. If you have group of attendees (usually 15 or more), we can bring this course to you and help save you time, travel costs, and more!
To request a proposal and schedule training, e-mail Laura Johnson, VP of Conferences & Strategic Planning, at ljohnson@marketaccess.org or call 703-412-9287 x223.
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