IT Employment

Tech Republic has a columnist, Mike Talon, who addresses this often. Also, you might consider signing up for the DR email list. It's among all the other TR lists.

Browse through here:

http://techrepublic.com.com/1200-10880-5734043.html?tag=nl.e061

Hi Brad try this website as it has many sample policies than can be modified for your specific orginisation.
http://www.sans.org/resources/policies/

I am not sure how large your organization is, but I have used TechRepublic's Small Office Tool Kit (CD) which has templates on it that deal with Policies & Procedures.
It was only $25 + s&h.

Saved me a lot of time.

http://techrepublic.com.com/1395-6242-97-747555578-986901139-C031.html

I have been doing this for way too many years now. If you have general guidelines, a good techincal writer can assemble them without much trouble. The website listed is a good start. Read those and mark them up. Let a pro assemble thema dn assure cross-functional consistentcy. If certification is an issue, a pro is almost essential. e-mail me ith any questions.

When we went for ISO Certification, the manual was a big help in getting from old to new.

Don't know what your budget is, but you may want to take a look at Information Security Policies Made Easy. It is expensive at $800+, but it has everything you could want in terms of security policies. The SANS policies are good, but they are individual policies in long-form. If you are trying to craft a comprehensive policy set, this book includes a CD with templates of complete policy sets in short-form that you can modify to suit your environment.

I Know of no one place to find all the written material however if you have a list of the things you need then maybe this office can help you find each needed documented policies and procedures.

regards,

wex


tart here:

http://www.drj.com/new2dr/samples.htm


Sample Plans, Outlines and other Plan writing resources

Excellent Sample Plans - Submitted by Ed Pearce (EAB Member)
BRP - Development Guide - (Word Document)
BRP - Recovery Team - (Word Document)
Plan Development Checklist - (Word Document)
EOC Plan - PDF

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Contingency Planning Guide for Information Technology Systems: PDF - Extremely In-Depth Guide Protecting IT Infrastructure - Main HTML Here
University of Arkansas - Computing Services Disaster Recovery Plan
Kansas Department of Administration
Univ. of Toronto - Sample DR Plan Outline
MIT's Sample DR Plan
DRJ's Sample DR Plan
FEMA's EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
Abilene Christian Univ- Disaster Preparedeness and Recovery Plan
Univ. of Missouri - INFORMATION DISASTER PREVENTION AND RECOVERY
NC State University - Campus wide Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning
List of University and Library Plans

Australian - Guidelines for Small Museum DRP
Novell Netware
Sample Vendor Questionnaire - To Determine if your Critical Vendors are Planning