Testing and Exercise
NC State is committed to the testing and exercising of Business
Continuity Plans.
| Why Do
We Test Plans? |
TYPE |
DESCRIPTION |
DATE |
- Reinforce commitment
- Verify ability to recover
- demonstrate technical compatibility
- Exercise the recovery team organization
- Train recovery personnel
- Identify improvements
|
Walk through Exercise |
Enterprise Information Systems IT BCP |
April 4, 2003 |
| Exercise |
Testing of the Crisis Communication Plan Drill - Small Pox Scenario |
April 25, 2003 |
| Walk through Exercise |
Administrative Computing Services IT BCP |
May 14, 2003 |
| Emergency Response Drill |
Dirty Bomb Scenario |
May 16, 2003 |
| Emergency Response Drill |
2004 PULSTAR Nuclear Reactor Drill |
December 15, 2004 |
| DR Test |
Recovery of Mainframe Environment at Hot-Site, Smyrna, Ga |
October 21-22, 2004 |
| Terrorism Drill |
Wake County(Carter Finley scenario) |
May 12, 2005 |
| EOC Test |
Testing the EOC Infrastructure on generator power
|
Quarterly |
| DR Test |
Recovery of Mainframe Environment |
December 5-9, 2005 |
| Emergency Response Drill |
2005 PULSTAR Nuclear Reactor. Simulated explosion in Burlington Labs on North Campus. Included
mock injuries, re-routing of North Campus and the Wolfline buses. The NC State Crisis communication plan was not activated.
|
January 25, 2006 |
| |
Test Types:
- Structured Walk through = Scripted rehearsal
of team actions, Tests team interfaces and activity, synchronization
- Exercise = Simulates a disaster; War game format;
Involves the entire recovery organization; thoroughly tests the
plan and tests team member’s ability to execute the plan
Interdepartmental Tests
Departments have a responsibility to ensure that staff are aware
of their business continuity procedures and plans. The Department
of Business Continuity recommends that departments test the following
things at lest quarterly.
- Call Trees
- Evacuation Procedures
- The ability for staff to connect remotely
- Wireless Test
- Testing Data Ports in alternate sites
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