[pic] UNITY BANK: REALIZING VALUE FROM AN M&A INTEGRATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Founded in 1982 in South Africa‚ Unity Bank was one of the few providers of global shareholder and employee management services and other value added services. Unity held more than 60 million accounts for over 10‚000 corporations across twelve countries and five continents‚ employing 8000 people worldwide and a market capitalization of $2 billion. The M&A integration of Delta with Unity Bank in itself was a great
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The Chief Information Officer Roles regarding Strategic Planning‚ Disaster Recovery‚ & Risk Management [pic] Chris Wyllie CIS 423 Dr. Ellis Chief Information Officer The Chief Information Officer (CIO) position was officially established by the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1969. From this piece of legislation‚ the CIO was given its official duties and responsibilities. They include Provision/Assistance to Senior Executives on IT Acquisition and Management
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but would come to a complete halt if the information system crashes. 2. Why is a business impact analysis (BIA) an important first step in defining a business continuity plan (BCP)? a. The BIA is the first step because it is used to identify the impact that can result from disruptions in the business. Without the BIA‚ the BCP would not identify and prioritize which systems and processes must be sustained and provide the necessary information for maintaining them. 3. How does risk management and risk
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MBA (IT) (2012-14) 1. CLOUD(Disaster Recovery as a Service) Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a pre-determined set of processes offered by a third-party vendor to help an enterprise develop and implement a disaster recovery plan (DRP). An increasing number of DRaaS providers have emerged recently as the need for disaster recovery has been underscored by major adverse events. It comprises precautions intended to minimize the impact of a disaster on actual company operations‚ and
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University of Phoenix IT/244 Intro to Security Week 3 – Assignment – DRP – Disaster Recovery Plan Date: 10/6/2013 Disaster Recovery Plan I. Risk Assessment a. Critical Business Process a.i. The mission-critical business systems and services that must be protected by this DRP are as follows: Payroll‚ Human Resource Data‚ POS backup media‚ and Web Servers and their services. b. Internal‚ External‚ and Environmental Risks b.i. Examples of internal risks that may affect business are unauthorized
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Due in Week Three: For your selected scenario‚ describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP. 1 Risk Assessment 1 Critical business processes List the mission-critical business systems and services that must be protected by the DRP. Keeping the computers running‚ meeting formal and informal service level agreements with customers and suppliers‚ and being proactive rather reactive
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Recovery Plan Due in Week Three: For your selected scenario‚ describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP. 1.1. Risk Assessment 1.1.1. Critical business processes List the mission-critical business systems and services that must be protected by the DRP. Online services must be protected to ensure that both employees and customers will be able to access the programs and information to continue running the business. Sales‚ shipping
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NTP-based DDoS Attack DDoS Definition DDoS attack (Distributed Denial-of-Service) is an action carried out with purpose of interrupting a server or internet resource to respond to its users. In DDoS attack‚ there are more than two persons or bots which attack the victim‚ by flooding the server with forged request‚ causing the server unable to respond to the actual request. In NTP-based DDoS attack‚ the attack is done with the help of open NTP server. What? NTP (Network Time Protocol) is used for
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business impact (BIA) an important first step in defining a business continuity plan (BCP)? 3. How does risk management and risk assessment relate to a business impact analysis for an IT infrastructure? 4. What is the definition of recovery time Objective (RTO) Why is this important to define n an IT Security Policy Definition as part of the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) or business Continuity Plan (BCP)? 5. True or False – If the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) metric does not equal the
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Managerial Finance Chapter 5‚ Quiz Name: Emily Smith Multiple Choice: Please circle the correct answer choice . Which of the following events would make it more likely that a company would choose to call its outstanding callable bonds? a. The company’s bonds are downgraded. b. Market interest rates rise sharply. c. Market interest rates decline sharply. d. The company ’s financial situation deteriorates significantly. e. Inflation increases significantly.
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