The emergency management planning for this pandemic is being considered more
in the physical security perspective, in the departments that take care of
safety&security. If your security management integrate all this security
aspects, my congratulations. I'm having contact with BCP's that are
considering this pandemic in corporations with many people working in places
outside their facilities, where there are huge chances to get the flu. As an
example it can be a big pharma industry, because they have a huge sales
force that spend most of their time in clinics, hospitals, etc ... where the
avian flu will be if the pandemic arrives at some country/state/place. In a
IT perspective, this sales force can be based in laptop remote users, where
you can get for example many users for several time without communication
with your servers, and without sending some or a lot of key information to
you business, and in the pharma industry case. In the same context, other
issue, regarding security, can be a huge number of laptops without being
updated in their OS and Office applications, and the recovery plan must
consider that.
Try to get in contact with CIO's and CSO's from the pharma industry ... it's
a good hint!
FM
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Bemis [mailto:bradleyb@bradleyb.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:49 AM
To: security-management@securityfocus.com; CISSP_PNW@yahoogroups.com
Subject: BCP for Avian Flu Pandemic
A little off the main topic, but still relevant to information security
management from a BCP perspective.
I am looking for points of contact to touch base with on emergency
management planning for the potential avian flu pandemic (or any large
infectious disease outbreak). We have come across a requirement in New York
to demonstrate the presence of a contingency plan...
Anyone else addressing this same issue?
Thanks,
Brad Bemis
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