Get the most from a disaster tabletop

摘要

Atabletop exercise is a great way to get busi-ness continuity off the written page without the interruption of a full-scale drill. Rather than actually simulating a disaster, the crisis management group gathers for three hours to talk through a simulated disaster. Here are two test scenarios developed by those on the business continuity front lines: The first supposed that a disgruntled employee starts a data centre fire. It is based on a suggestion by Rad Jones, academic specialist at Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice and former director of security and fire protection for Ford Motor Co.