Disaster Recovery? Forensics and Security

Objective

The purpose of this two-part project is to familiarize the student with recovery planning, starting with the BIA and continuing with a system recovery plan. By completing the two documents, the student will gain practical knowledge of two key components of the contingency planning process. The project will enable the student to see and understand the required standards in practice, as well as the details that should be covered within the recovery planning processes.

Detailed Requirements

Project Deliverable #1 (Due Week 4)—COs B and C

• Project documents are located in Course Resources
• Using the Omega Case Study, complete the BIA template for their SAP system. Note, the BIA template is Appendix B of the NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 document.
• Provide a one- to two-page analysis summarizing the results to the executive management team of Omega. The summary should highlight the priority of business functions, along with the potential for loss in the event of a disaster or sustained outage.

Project Deliverable #2 (Due Week 7)—CO D

• Project documents are located in Course Resources
• Using the Omega Case Study, complete the Information System Contingency Plan template for their SAP system. Note, the ISCP template is Appendix A.3 of the NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 document.
• Provide a three- to five-page analysis summarizing the plan to the executive management team of Omega. The summary should effectively describe the recovery process in a manner that will allow the Senior Leadership to understand the timing, resources, and recovery options.

Guidelines

Project Deliverable #1 — Week 4, Business Impact Analysis (BIA) 

• Using the Omega Case Study, the BIA template must be completed for the Production SAP system.
• The analysis paper must be one to two pages long and must conform to APA standards. See Course Resources in the Introduction & Resources area under Modules for access to Writing Source, where you'll find videos on writing for research projects.
• At least two authoritative, outside references are required (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable). These should be listed on the last page titled References.
• Appropriate citations are required. See the Syllabus regarding plagiarism policies.
• This will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar and sentence structure, and creativity.
• The paper is due during Week 4 of this course.

Project Deliverable #2 — Week 7, System Recovery Plan 

• Using the Omega Case Study, create the system contingency plan template for the Production SAP system.
• The analysis paper must be three to five pages long and must conform to APA standards. See Course Resources in the Introduction & Resources area under Modules for access to Writing Source, where you'll find videos on writing for research projects. We also have the Tutor Source resource, which is accessible in Introduction & Resources.
• At least two authoritative, outside references are required (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable). These should be listed on the last page titled References.
• Appropriate citations are required. See the Syllabus regarding plagiarism policies.
• This will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar and sentence structure, and creativity.
• The paper is due during Week 7 of this course.