Disaster Response and Recovery

TEXTBOOK DESCRIPTION

Business Continuity and Disaster Response and Recovery is the development of processes, policies, and procedures that prepare for and react to significant and unplanned operational disruptions. The Disaster Response and Recovery course textbook prepares students to successfully manage Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery missions. Facing daily risks to long-term success from a wide range of threats - cyber-attacks, human error, technical failures, and natural disasters - businesses must create practical plans to sustain their vital operations, security posture, industry reputation, and brand.

Using 14 detailed chapters designed to align with academic calendars, students will cover critical topics such as BCP Design, Risk Management Frameworks, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, Asset Inventories and Resource Profiles, Recovery Site Workflows, Cloud Computing Agreements, Cloud Security, and Legal Requirements of Cloud Storage Solutions. Immersive learning labs include Business Impact Analysis case studies and Risk Assessment exercises.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Chapter 01: Introduction to Disaster Response and Recovery
Chapter 02: Conducting a Business Impact Analysis
Chapter 03: Selection of Risk Management Frameworks
Chapter 04: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Measurements
Chapter 05: Creating and Emergency Operations Plan
Chapter 06: Recovery Site Management and Workflows
Chapter 07: Preparing for Epidemics and Pandemics
Chapter 08: The Role of Cloud Computing in Disaster Preparedness
Chapter 09: Cloud Security Risks and Threat Vectors
Chapter 10: Cloud Data Storage, Security, and Administration
Chapter 11: Regulation and Compliance in Cloud Computing
Chapter 12: Legal Requirements in Distributed Cloud Networks
Chapter 13: Cloud Computing Contracts and Service Agreements
Chapter 14: Testing and Improving Disaster Preparedness Plans

INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES

Training institutions that adopt the Disaster Response and Recovery textbook for use in their course curricula may request corresponding instructor resources at no additional cost. These resources include lecture presentation slides, question text banks for each of the 14 chapters, and lab resource guides. For more information please contact Phase2 Advantage.

ADA ACCESSIBLE COURSE MATERIALS

All Phase2 Advantage digital course materials - including textbooks, lab guides, and lecture slides in PDF and PPT formats - are ADA accessible and score 100% on major Learning Management Systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, and LearnUpon. For more information, please visit the Phase2 Advantage website at phase2advantage/higher-education.