Testing Your Disaster Recovery Program

Presenter: Steve Carroll

Duration: 1 hour

Price: $249 / $199 for Affiliation Members

You know that sinking feeling you get when the examiners ask for your test results? Why suffer through that when you can be better prepared? Failure to perform adequate testing is among the most common regulatory and audit findings by examiners looking at an institution’s business continuity planning (BCP) program. Join industry expert Steve Carroll to learn how to design an effective disaster recovery testing program for all information system components to ensure you have a program that works and one that passes muster with the regulatory examiners.

He will take you through the process of:

• Assigning criticality and target timeframes
• Using test control groups
• Selecting an appropriate testing methodology
• Documenting results

Bio: Steve Carroll

Steve Carroll is a Senior Consultant with Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions’ Risk Management Practice. With more than 25 years’ experience as a community bank executive, Steve has worked in a variety of capacities in financial institutions, including consultant and bank CEO.

Since 1996, Steve has worked as a lead consultant on more than 100 financial institution consulting engagements across the country. His areas of expertise include business continuity planning, risk management, strategic business planning, and strategic technology planning.

Steve has developed software applications to assist financial institutions in improving their risk management positions, including a Business Continuity Planning system that utilizes a Microsoft Access relational database and an Internet-based plan hosting and collaboration platform called DRPHost.com PLUS. In addition, Steve has developed Risk Management and Vendor/Contract Management Access applications as well.

Steve has completed Institute of Financial Education courses at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Georgia, and the University of Connecticut.

Continuing Professional Education Credit

Delivery Method: Group Internet-based       CPE Credits: 1
Program Level: Overview       Prerequisites: None       Advance Preparation: None

 

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