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Continuity of Operations Planning
Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans are needed to recover the processes, operations, and technology needed to sustain essential functions in the event of natural disasters, technical hazards, terrorism, and other significant disruptions. When the stakes are high, downtime is not an option.
Have you implemented plans and capabilities to contend with the changing threat environment? Do your continuity solutions deliver compliance with regulatory requirements? COOP plans must be clearly linked to essential business processes, compliance requirements, people, and technology. When designed and managed well, COOP plans can protect critical functions and ensure resiliency of daily operations.
Solutions
MorganFranklin employs a holistic approach to continuity planning that is based on federal guidance and industry best practices in the areas of disaster recovery (DR), crisis communications, IT contingency planning (ITCP), occupant emergency plans (OEP), cyber security, and regulatory compliance. MorganFranklin’s solutions deliver compliance with regulatory requirements and our Framework for Operational Resiliency provides prescriptive measures in response to sudden disruptions, as well as preventative measures against operational vulnerabilities and threats to mission objectives.
Our contingency planners, industry experts, and military and agency leaders have the experience and training required to develop effective COOP plans based on your unique threats and requirements. We also complement our core COOP expertise with experience in regulatory compliance, business process improvement, governance, and enterprise risk management. With this team, we are able to identify threats and weaknesses, remediate gaps, and implement the right COOP solution for your agency.
Our capabilities
- Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning, implementation, and exercising
- Business impact analysis (BIA) and risk assessments
- Disaster recovery (DR) planning for data centers, EOC, and related infrastructure
- Selection of secure alternate sites and facilities
- IT contingency plans (ITCP) for support systems
- Development of emergency response plans and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Crisis and incident management solutions and compliance
- Independent assessment of existing continuity plans
- Vendor selection for BCP/COOP software
Value
- Clearly understand and mitigate risks
- Protect most valuable assets and employees
- Ensure that solutions deliver compliance with regulatory requirements (privacy, confidentiality, etc.)
- Minimize monetary losses from decreased productivity, destroyed infrastructure, etc.
- Maintain uptime of critical processes and functions that others depend on
- Maintain integrity of key data sources
- Maintain communication and reduce anxiety of citizens and other stakeholders
