How Business Continuity Management Affects Security and IS Audit Planning 

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is important for ensuring that mission critical operations can be continued under adverse conditions or disruptions resulting from uncontrollable circumstances. When operations are disrupted, security processes and controls are directly impacted.

Security and Business Continuity professionals need to collaborate to ensure plans for continuing operations appropriately consider and manage security risk. IS auditors need to work with Business Continuity planners to understand which critical operations will continue and how controls are affected.

This presentation provides an overview of Business Continuity Management and explores its interactions / interfaces with information security and auditing. 

Speaker: Kenton Friesen

Kenton is a continuity and emergency management professional with experience identifying, applying, and managing corporate resiliency strategies.  He is experienced with leading and/or facilitating cross-functional project teams with the mandate of increasing organizational resiliency, including the development of continuity / preparedness training programs, crisis communication and/or urgent mass notification systems, quality improvement, and client or stakeholder relations.  Over the past 10 plus years Mr. Friesen has been a trusted continuity and emergency management advisor to Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI), the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA), and Dillon Consulting Limited.  His credentials include a B.A. (Geography), B.Sc. (Business Computing), Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), and is a Member of the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI).  Additionally, his affiliations include the Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (DRIE) Central Chapter, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Canada Council, and the Disaster Recovery Institute Canada (DRIC).

Future Members (Plust GST): $50

ISACA Members (Plus GST): $20

CPE Credits: 1