White House Security Business Continuity Plan
Introduction:
The Security staff of the Executive Office is responsible for the day to day activities that ensure that the President of the United States is informed with all of the information that will ensure that he can make a sound decision on important issues that are facing the United State. “The Executive Office of the President (EOP) was created in 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. ("Executive Office of the President | whitehouse.gov," n.d.)” The Chief of Staff is the closes of advisors to the president throughout his term in the Oval office. In this Business Continuity Plan (BCP) we be covering the purpose of having BCP, the objectives to resuming normal operations. We will talk
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The purpose of this business continuity plan is to ensure the White House security staff are prepared in the event of an attack or disruption to services that are critical to the activities that the White House security staff. By being aware of the factors that are beyond their control will assist in the speedy restoration of services.
Plan objective:
• This will serves as a guide for those responsible for recovery of the White House Security staff and the critical activities.
• This BCP will Reference the different security points and the location of critical data.
• We will cover the details of the procedures and resources needed by the White house Security staffs that are required in recovery.
• We will identify personnel and the different groups, internal and external, who must be notified in the event of an incident.
• Identifies alternate sources for supplies, resources and locations.
• Documents storage, safeguarding and retrieval procedures for vital records.
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That a workable and tested BCP exists within the organization and it will used to restore the normal operation and services at a backup site within five to seven days.
2. That the White House Security staff facilities management identifies available space for the relocation of the Security staff to use for normally within two to five days of a facilities emergency.
3. Insure that this plan has been maintained and updated as required.
4. Insure that the functions and roles referenced in this plan can be assigned individuals as responsibilities, or delegated to an external organization for help.
PLAN SECTION:
Recovery Strategy Summary:
In the event that the facilities are damaged at the White house or information technologies are disrupted, all business will be impacted creating a possible impact to national security. The recovery strategies are the White House alternate means to restoring normal operations to a minimum acceptable level. It is the responsibility of the White House Security staff to ensure that following a disruption of services that the recovery time be minimized if at all
2) Maintain critical infrastructure centers (telegraph, bridges, hospitals) that provide a situational awareness capability, actionable information about emerging trends, imminent threats, and the status of any incidents that involve
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Kemp, R. L. (2012). Homeland Security in the USA: Past, present, and future. Journal Of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 6(1), 25-31.
...certain risks and use that knowledge to make solid comprehensive management decisions. These decisions are designed to create a long-term plan that provides solid strategies for preventing and mitigating risk. The risk management also provides Department of homeland security and its partner’s resources and training to educate and prepare members on federal, state, local, tribal and territorial levels to prepare for disaster. Unfortunately, it impossible for our government to completely eliminate risk, whether it is terrorism or man-made or natural disasters, however, with effective risk management, we can rest assure that the risk can be brought down acceptable level where the department of homeland security and their partners are adequately prepared and have the capabilities to handle that risk and lower the potential harm that it could cause the nation long term.
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