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	NEW WHITEPAPER

Raising the Bar with

BS 25999: Persistent resilience and cohesive continuity for organizations and their vendors

This white paper was first released at the BSI Communication Days in Chicago, held on March 11, where Lisa DuBrock, Managing Partner of The Radian Group was the guest speaker.

The Radian Group and MK Business Solutions chose to focus on vendor compliancy for their first white paper to bring awareness to both the organization faced with managing a complex array of vendors and suppliers to the actual vendor themselves, concerned with excessive costs and resource drain managing the compliant requirements being sent down from their customers.

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	SPRING-SUMMER 2008

Compliance Readiness Assessment
Now Scheduling for Spring 2008

Let us work onsite with your ISMS or BCMS teams to determine how close you already are to becoming certified to either ISO 27001 or BS 25999.

Our one day on site workshop will lead your team through:

* Required elements of the standard
* Required documentation
* Gaps you may have in your

processes
* The certification process

You may be surprised by the results. Get the necessary data to take back to your executive team to introduce the prospect of Certification. Become one of the many organizations around the world using BS 25999 as a competitive advantage.

Sign up before May 31st and receive 30% off published price!


	May 13 - 14, 2008

Radian Education
IT How-To Series

CPE Credits Available - 2-Day session for Understanding and Implementation of BCP into your organization.

Radian Training Centerr

Time: 09:00 - 4:30 PM CDT

Location: Naperville, Illinois


	Thursday, June 5, 2008

Compliance Roundtable
Sponsored by ITA Chicago

Hot Compliance Topics

Mid-Year Review - recent events and IT Compliance concerns

ITA Conference Centre

Time: 12:00 - 1:30 PM CDT

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Our IT Compliance Management Blog

Our IT Compliance Blog is designed to facilitate the exchange of information between those seeking to comply with the requirements of various Regulations involved in IT Compliance, and those looking to provide answers and support to the greater Information Technology Management base.

RadianCompliance.org is also intended to act as a guide, offering useful Compliance News Updates, Resources, Opinions and Industry Standards Information.

Visit our Blog, and search through our articles - comments and links to learn more about this complex and beneficial IT Compliance Management revolution!

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How-To Series:

Planning Business Continuity

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED: �Of companies that had a major loss of computerized records, 43% never reopen, 51% close within two years, and only 6% will survive long-term� (Cummings, Haag & McCubbrey 2005).

2 -Day Intense Training Workshop for Business, Financial and Information Technology Professionals tasked with developing Business Continuity Plans within their Organizations.

Course Dates:

May 13 & 14, 2008

Location:

The Radian Group

40 Shuman Blvd, Suite 201

Naperville, IL 60563

Course Fee:

$695.00 USD

Field of Study:

� Management Advisory Services

� Auditing

Who Should Attend:

� IT Security Officers

� IT Management

� Finance Officers

� Internal Auditors

� Chief Security Officers

Program Level: Intermediate

(Prior basic level of knowledge about

Disaster Recovery Safeguards and IT Best

Practices)

Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of DR

Safeguards and IT Best Practices

Adv. Preparations: None

Delivery Method: Group-Live

Workshop Duration: 12 Hours

CPE Credits: 14

CEU Credits: 14

For more information regarding

refunds, complaints and program

cancellation policies,; please contact

our offices at: 630-305-7100 x233

Course Description

Learn the types of disruptions that can affect ongoing business

operations and how to develop strategies to handle these unforeseen

occurrences. Participants will discuss Business Continuity vs. Disaster

Recovery, learn how to develop a plan which aligns with the 10 Core

Competencies of Business Continuity Planning, and the practical

means by which to develop, test, and maintain your plans. Within the

context of your organization, determine what is required to move

from a Plan/Development process to a Management System of

continuous improvement. Adapt your business to be resilient against

natural disasters, global pandemics, structural catastrophes and

strive to Expect the Unexpected!

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you will be able to:

� Define Business Continuity Planning and Business Continuity Management Systems

� Describe the 10 Core Competencies of business continuity planning according to DRII:

� Project Initiation & Management

� Risk Assessment

� Business Impact Analysis

� Business Continuity Strategy

� Plan Design & Development

� Crisis Management

� Plan Review and Awareness

� Plan Testing �Rehearsal�

� Awareness & Training Programs

� Rehearsal & Plan Maintenance

� Plan Update

� Describe the British Standard 25999 standard for Business Continuity Management and define the advantages to implementing a Management System with a mapping to the 10 Core Competencies into your Organization.

� Identify preparation for specific actions required to preserve critical business operations.

Student Take-Away

� Risk Assessment & Business Impact Analysis Detailed Document

� Plan-Do-Check-Act Model for BCP Implementation

� Practice Case Studies

� Glossary of Business Continuity Terms

The Radian Group, LLC. Is registered with the National

Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a

sponsor of continuing professional education on the National

Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have

final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE

credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be

addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth

Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web-site: www.nasba.org

Workshop Agenda

SESSION ONE SESSION TWO

Overview of Business Continuity

� 10 Core Competencies of the DRII for BCP

� BS25999 Standard for a Business Continuity Management System

Project Initiation & Management

� Elements of a Business Continuity Plan

� Project Planning & Goals

� Budgets

� Organizational Members

Risk Assessment

� Identifying Risks

� Quantifying & Computing Threats

� Prevention, Response, Recovery, Restoration & Resilience

Business Impact Analysis

� The Importance of a Business Impact Analysis

� Steps to Performing a Business Impact Analysis

� Estimating Costs

� Mitigation Control

Plan Development

� Develop Business Continuity Strategies

� Documentation & Distribution

� Plan, Design & Implement

Crisis Management

� Emergency Management Group & Response

� Incident Command System

� Coordinating with Outside Organizations

� General Crisis Communication

Awareness & Training Programs

� Types of Training

� Who Needs to be Trained

� Plan Review & Awareness Education

� Training Process vs Training Project

Rehearsal & Plan Maintenance

� Plan Auditing

� Plan Testing Rehearsal

� Plan Update

� 12 Steps to Rehearsing your Plan

Case Study -

Hands on completion of a risk assessment and business impact analysis

To Register for this Workshop:

IT Compliance / Information Security Education Services

Phone: 630-305-7100 Fax: 630-305-0550

Web: www.TheRadianGroup.com

One Energy Center 40 Shuman Blvd, Suite 201 Naperville, IL 60563

Contact Laurie Faith: 630-305-7100 x233 LFGibson@TheRadianGroup.com

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