Upcoming Table Top Exercise

The Business Continuity table top exercise is scheduled for Friday, April 15, 2022, at the Metropolitan Complex, Room 180.  The trainer will lead us in a simulated 鈥渆vent鈥� to test the business continuity plan for each area. 

Check in starts at 1:00 pm and the exercise will start promptly at 1:30.  We will serve refreshments and hope to conclude the exercise by 5:00 pm.  Please put this on your calendar as this is not optional, someone from your department is required to participate in the simulation.

To register for the exercise, log in to my黑洞社区.  On the Faculty/Staff tab, select myTraining, then type BCP in the search bar.BCP Training Icon

  • Advance to Apr and click Business Continuity Planning Tabletop Exercise on the 15th. 
  • Select BCP Icon.
  • After selecting the Request button, you will receive an automatic email to add the session to your Outlook calendar.
  • For information on how to register for a session in myTraining please visit /services/its/ITSApplicationsTraining/_documents/MyTrainingRegister.pdf

If you need assistance, email myTraining@wichita.edu or call ext. 5800.

If you have questions regarding your plan or the exercise, please contact Ellen Abbey at Ext. 5864 or ellen.abbey@wichita.edu.

Leadership

  • Project Manager: Ellen Abbey, Director of Auxiliary Services
  • Project Co-Manager: Lisa Pappas, Executive Assistant (VPFAO)
  • Project Leader: Aaron Mitchell, Senior Vice President for Finance, Administration and Operations
  • Business Technology Support: Emily Geer, Director of Business Technology
  • Facilities Manager: Emily Patterson, Executive Director of Facilities Planning
  • IT Manager: Jason Holmes, Director of Server Infrastructure
  • HR Manager: Vacant
  • Faculty Consultant: Linnea Glenmaye, Associate Vice President and Associate Professor

Business Continuity and Recovery

Preplanning is essential in identifying and prioritizing the critical business operations and services necessary to be delivered during an emergency, while maintaining institutional integrity and serving the best interests of the University community, under difficult circumstances.

The Business Continuity Plan was developed in order to ensure the University has the ability to maintain critical services and functions in the event of a disaster or other disruption of service. Business continuity is a process used to restore operations after an unplanned interruption of normal business processes that is beyond the immediate ability of an organization鈥檚 normal staff and management structure to control. The recovery response includes information systems, networks, hardware, software and people 鈥� not just data. The Business Continuity Plan will be executed after health, life, and safety issues are addressed.

Business continuity planning includes:

  • Planning and organizing business operations to be utilized after the EOP response
  • Identifying and minimizing (mitigating) vulnerabilities in a future continuity response
  • Prioritizing business continuity and recovery concerns
  • Perform exercises to test the plan and train users

The Business Continuity Committee goals include:

  • Develop and Maintain Business Continuity Plan: Define the scope of recovery for the University and create a project plan which defines tasks and resources required for each phase of recovery
  • Perform Risk Assessment: Complete a risk assessment and business impact analysis which will define critical services and vulnerabilities
  • Develop Plans: Develop recovery plans for critical services which include identifying resources required for recovery (i.e., equipment software, employees, vendors, customers, vital records and documents)
  • Exercise and Maintain Plans: Exercise and maintain plans on a regularly scheduled basis or when significant changes occur

Based upon the circumstances of the Level 1, 2, or 3 Emergency, recovery priorities will be determined by the Presidents鈥� Executive Team. They may choose to set timelines when recovery is required to occur.

In order to prepare University community members to perform competently during a Level 2 or 3 Emergency, senior executives and senior managers are required to create business continuity and recovery plans to protect their essential records and programs for their respective colleges and departments. This is required to insure the University will be able to resume normal business operations within a reasonable period of time and with minimal destruction to critical business records. The ultimate goal will be to resume business operations in order to continue the mission of the University.