Business Continuity Management (BCM) continues to grow in importance for many organisations. Testing is an important, but often neglected part of BCM. From our experience an organisation that tests its plans will recover faster, with less disruption than one that does not.

1. AVAILABILITY SERVICES Recover faster,
MAnAGEd TESTInG PRoGRAMME reduce disruption
Business Continuity Management SunGard’s Managed
(BCM) continues to grow in importance Testing Programme
for many organisations. Testing is SunGard Availability Services Managed Testing
an important, but often neglected Programme helps organisations to improve
part of BCM. From our experience their business resilience by improving the way
they test their BCM arrangements.
an organisation that tests its plans
will recover faster, with less disruption Few organisations have the resources and skills
than one that does not. to constantly maintain and apply good practice
to their BCM test process. This can mean that
an organisation’s testing arrangements may not
Benefits at a glance meet the needs of the business, or of Standards
Make better use of your BCM budgets like BS 25999, the British Standard for BCM.
and resources
To address this issue, SunGard can provide you
Review and test your plans e.g. recovery with a bespoke programme to enhance your
point objectives (RPOs) and recovery existing skills so that you use good practice to
time objectives (RTOs) against real world test effectively.
scenarios, giving you greater confidence
your plans will work on the day We focus on:
Develop greater awareness of BCM Defining and agreeing the scope
in your organisation of the Programme, and creating a
Embed BCM in the culture of project schedule
your organisation
Reviewing your current documentation,
Reduces the cost, impact and duration and identifying where there are gaps
of a business interruption
Enhancing, updating and creating
Have confidence that your BCM documentation to meet your needs
arrangements will work on the day
Defining your test objectives
Make better use of your BC budgets
Managing the test on your behalf
and resources.
Producing your test reports and sign-off.
We can also co-ordinate your resources and
analysts, so that SunGard’s and yours are
seamlessly integrated to ensure your testing
programme supports your BCM arrangements.

2. MAnAGEd TESTInG
PRoGRAMME
Recover faster, reduce disruption
How does this help?
Effective BCM means having proper testing
in place – otherwise you can never be sure
it will work ‘on the day’. Testing highlights
flaws – that’s why it needs to be done.
SunGard’s Managed Testing
Programme allows you to:
Run and manage your tests and
invocations with minimal remote
client support – reduce your travel,
accommodation and overtime costs
Utilise SunGard’s experienced personnel
to perform a technical recovery*
Ensure good practice is always
adopted – supports BS 25999 initiatives
Have access to the right staff at the
right time
Minimise the disruption to your own
staff before, during and after the test.
The Programme will highlight any shortcomings
in your BCM arrangements, so that any issues
related to having insufficient resources in place
– Workplace Recovery, data Centre Recovery,
Managed Services – can be resolved quickly.
*A valid SunGard recovery contract needs to be in place.
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