Business Continuity Planners
Develop, maintain, or implement business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documentation of business continuity and disaster recovery procedures. Plan, conduct, and debrief regular mock-disaster exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly. Act as a coordinator for continuity efforts after a disruption event.
- Tasks
- 21 tasks20 core, 1 supplemental
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- Code
- 13-1199.04SOC 2018: 13-1199
What the work is made of
20 core tasks and 1 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.Core taskTask 15965Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 2. Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers.Core taskTask 15962Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 3. Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.Core taskTask 15956Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 4. Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.Core taskTask 15960Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 5. Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.Core taskTask 15947Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 6. Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.Core taskTask 15957Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 7. Create scenarios to reestablish operations from various types of business disruptions.Core taskTask 15963Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 8. Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.Core taskTask 15951Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 9. Conduct or oversee contingency plan integration and operation.Core taskTask 15964Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 10. Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.Core taskTask 15961Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 11. Interpret government regulations and applicable codes to ensure compliance.Core taskTask 15949Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 12. Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials.Core taskTask 15954Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 13. Prepare reports summarizing operational results, financial performance, or accomplishments of specified objectives, goals, or plans.Core taskTask 15959Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 14. Attend professional meetings, read literature, and participate in training or other educational offerings to keep abreast of new developments and technologies related to disaster recovery and business continuity.Core taskTask 15955Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 15. Recommend or implement methods to monitor, evaluate, or enable resolution of safety, operations, or compliance interruptions.Core taskTask 15958Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 16. Create business continuity and disaster recovery budgets.Core taskTask 15953Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 17. Maintain and update organization information technology applications and network systems blueprints.Core taskTask 15948Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 18. Design or implement products and services to mitigate risk or facilitate use of technology-based tools and methods.Core taskTask 15952Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 19. Analyze corporate intelligence data to identify trends, patterns, or warnings indicating threats to security of people, assets, information, or infrastructure.Core taskTask 15967Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 20. Conduct or oversee collection of corporate intelligence to avoid fraud, financial crime, cyber attack, terrorism, and infrastructure failure.Core taskTask 15966Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
- Task 21. Identify individual or transaction targets to direct intelligence collection.Supplemental taskTask 15950Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 13-1199
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