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Build or Benchmark a World-Class Business Continuity Management Program Guided by Global Master Planner Andrew Hiles For 35 years, Andrew Hiles has traveled to 60+ countries, consulting to major private and government organizations, training the next generation of Business Continuity practitioners. With this new 3rd Edition of his classic text on global best practices, you're putting one of the planet's most highly regarded consultants on your team! Hiles has updated and enhanced his popular book, first published in1999, to guide you step-by-step as you build and maintain a world-class BC Plan - based on the 10 disciplines of the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the 6-phase BCM Lifecycle Model of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI). Confidently create your BCP from scratch - or improve the one you have - aided by Hiles' wide-ranging perspective, including case studies, global standards, and hard-won insights into what works and why. Generations of Business Continuity professionals have learned their craft from Andrew Hiles. Now, In this 3rd Edition of his classic work you can take advantage of his experience. New to this 3rd Edition, Hiles: *Winnows 200+ international Business Continuity standards, guidelines, laws, and regulations into an up-to-the-minute distillation of only those most relevant. In a quick-reference format, he summarizes each; evaluates its relevance, importance, usability, pros, and cons; and gives guidance on how and why to choose those best for your organization and locale. He includes the newly approved ISO 22301, explaining its likely effect in replacing some, but not all, standards. *Provides field-tested tools, including case studies, questionnaires, checklists, forms, self-test questions, and insider tips that will help you to avoid pitfalls and costly mistakes. *Includes FREE DOWNLOADS with editable models, templates, and spreadsheets for risk and impact assessments; calculations of customer lifetime value, true cost of disaster, productivity and sales losses; and a much requested BC coordinator job description. Andrew Hiles, FBCI, is an international consultant and trainer in Risk, Crisis, and Business Continuity Management. He was founding director and first fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI). In 2004 he was inducted into the Business Continuity Hall of Fame by CPM Magazine for demonstrating consistent high standards over time and global reach. There is no one writing about Business Continuity today who is better informed and clearer thinking than Andrew Hiles. In this 3rd edition he provides an up-to-the-minute review, including the latest thinking about Standards. The chapters on Risk Evaluation and Emergency Response surpass many specialist publications on those topics. Andrew was instrumental in the formation of the Business Continuity Institute and is certainly one of our most celebrated members. His writings have given great leadership to our profession and even convinced many students to think of BCM as a credible long-term career option. --Lyndon Bird, FBCI, Technical Director, The Business Continuity Institute Puts BCP in an international context that allows readers to benefit from experiences and expertise from around the world. This is the whole package -soup to nuts - and even the most experienced practitioner will find it an indispensable addition to the references used in the BCP effort. In fact, it will reduce the number of such books needed. --Mayer Nudell, CSC, Adjunct Professor of Security, Management, Webster University

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