# 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. - Code: 13-1199.04 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 13-1199) - Family: [Business & Financial](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-13), one of its 50 occupations - Tasks: 21 tasks (20 core and 1 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1199.04 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/13-1199.04.json ## What the work is made of 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 task · Task 15965 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 2. Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers. Core task · Task 15962 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 3. Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans. Core task · Task 15956 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 4. Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements. Core task · Task 15960 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 5. Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations. Core task · Task 15947 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 6. Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans. Core task · Task 15957 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 7. Create scenarios to reestablish operations from various types of business disruptions. Core task · Task 15963 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 8. Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster. Core task · Task 15951 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 9. Conduct or oversee contingency plan integration and operation. Core task · Task 15964 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 10. Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives. Core task · Task 15961 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 11. Interpret government regulations and applicable codes to ensure compliance. Core task · Task 15949 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 12. Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials. Core task · Task 15954 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 13. Prepare reports summarizing operational results, financial performance, or accomplishments of specified objectives, goals, or plans. Core task · Task 15959 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 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 task · Task 15955 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 15. Recommend or implement methods to monitor, evaluate, or enable resolution of safety, operations, or compliance interruptions. Core task · Task 15958 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 16. Create business continuity and disaster recovery budgets. Core task · Task 15953 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 17. Maintain and update organization information technology applications and network systems blueprints. Core task · Task 15948 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 18. Design or implement products and services to mitigate risk or facilitate use of technology-based tools and methods. Core task · Task 15952 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 19. Analyze corporate intelligence data to identify trends, patterns, or warnings indicating threats to security of people, assets, information, or infrastructure. Core task · Task 15967 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 20. Conduct or oversee collection of corporate intelligence to avoid fraud, financial crime, cyber attack, terrorism, and infrastructure failure. Core task · Task 15966 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 21. Identify individual or transaction targets to direct intelligence collection. Supplemental task · Task 15950 · Rated by 22 occupational experts, August 2018 ## More in Business & Financial - [Accountants and Auditors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2011.00): 29 tasks - [Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1011.00): 14 tasks - [Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2023.00): 30 tasks - [Appraisers of Personal and Business Property](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2022.00): 14 tasks - [Budget Analysts](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2031.00): 13 tasks - [Business Operations Specialists, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1199.00): no tasks listed - [Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1021.00): 12 tasks - [Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1031.00): 29 tasks - [Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1141.00): 22 tasks - [Compliance Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1041.00): 16 tasks - [Coroners](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1041.06): 20 tasks - [Cost Estimators](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1051.00): 14 tasks - [Credit Analysts](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2041.00): 11 tasks - [Credit Counselors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2071.00): 23 tasks - [Customs Brokers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1041.08): 23 tasks - [Environmental Compliance Inspectors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1041.01): 26 tasks - [Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1041.03): 18 tasks - [Farm Labor Contractors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1074.00): 7 tasks - [Financial and Investment Analysts](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2051.00): 26 tasks - [Financial Examiners](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2061.00): 17 tasks - [Financial Quantitative Analysts](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2099.01): 21 tasks - [Financial Risk Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2054.00): 30 tasks - [Financial Specialists, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2099.00): no tasks listed - [Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2099.04): 23 tasks - [Fundraisers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1131.00): 28 tasks - [Government Property Inspectors and Investigators](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1041.04): 13 tasks - [Human Resources Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1071.00): 26 tasks - [Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1032.00): 7 tasks - [Insurance Underwriters](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2053.00): 7 tasks - [Labor Relations Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1075.00): 28 tasks - [Loan Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2072.00): 30 tasks - [Logisticians](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1081.00): 22 tasks - [Logistics Analysts](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1081.02): 31 tasks - [Logistics Engineers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1081.01): 30 tasks - [Management Analysts](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1111.00): 11 tasks - [Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1161.00): 13 tasks - [Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1121.00): 21 tasks - [Online Merchants](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1199.06): 34 tasks - [Personal Financial Advisors](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2052.00): 21 tasks - [Project Management Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1082.00): 20 tasks - [Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1023.00): 19 tasks - [Regulatory Affairs Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1041.07): 30 tasks - [Search Marketing Strategists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1161.01): 36 tasks - [Security Management Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1199.07): 23 tasks - [Sustainability Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1199.05): 14 tasks - [Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2081.00): 21 tasks - [Tax Preparers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-2082.00): 12 tasks - [Training and Development Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1151.00): 20 tasks - [Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/13-1022.00): 20 tasks ## Where this comes from Quoted from O*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, under CC BY 4.0: free to copy and reuse, with credit. 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