Carry out the ten minute assessment to discover how much business continuity planning you have already achieved. Ideally all of the criteria in the assessment should be fulfilled.
It is important to rehearse and revise your plan regularly so that it remains effective.
IT Security
Business Link - IT and e-commerce Get the most from your IT; doing business online; data protection and managing risk; communications, software and data storage; IT security, staffing, and legal issues.
DTI - Information Security Factsheet (pdf, 9 pages, 59kb). How to keep a range of business information (such as medical records or financial transactions) secure by assessing the level of risk and then managing that risk.
DTI - Information Security - Computer Viruses (pdf, 7 pages, 59kb). Information to help protect businesses against computer viruses. It covers risk, recovery, prevention, virus software deployment and a case study.
Get Safe Online Plain English advice to help protect computers, mobile phones and other devices from malicious attack.
WARP toolbox (Warning, advice and reporting point) How to set up and run a Warning, Advice and Reporting Point. WARPs are part of the NISCC's information sharing strategy to help combat the increasing risk of electronic attack on our information systems.
