Historical Events Analysis Paper

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The purpose of this written assignment is to analyze a historical event from the perspective of its impact on an organization and its systems for continuity of business processes. This assignment focuses on business continuity planning and the ability to recover from unforeseen circumstances.

You are to research a major event that not only influenced but transformed how businesses prepared for the unexpected. Select an organization—business, industry, government or major nonprofit—to research and analyze preparation and response to a recent event (Less than 2 years).

The purpose of this written assignment is to analyze a historical event from the perspective of its impact on an organization and its systems for continuity of business processes. This assignment focuses on business continuity planning and the ability to recover from unforeseen circumstances.

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Historical Events Analysis Paper (Individual) The purpose of this written assignment is to analyze a historical event from the perspective of its impact on an organization and its systems for continuity of business processes. This assignment focuses on business continuity planning and the ability to recover from unforeseen circumstances. You are to research a major event that not only influenced but transformed how businesses prepared for the unexpected. Select an organization—business, industry, government or major nonprofit—to research and analyze preparation and response to a recent event (Less than 2 years). IMPORTANT: Please select an organization (just one) that has been impacted by the major event that you are citing. It may be that this organization does not have a BC/DR process or plan – or it could be that this organization has been able to successfully navigate through the event because of being better prepared. This assignment is designed to increase your knowledge of how systems contribute to contingency planning and disaster recovery and enables you to analyze risk and organizational readiness. This assignment will help you enhance your research and writing skills as well as your critical-thinking abilities. For ideas regarding a topic, review the case studies in the text book. Your analysis should address the requirements below. You may use another topic or major event other than one found within the text book. You must research a topic of historical significance and analyze its importance from a business contingency planning perspective. You are to discuss the organization and its business processes, summarize the historical event, analyze the event's impacts on systems and the business processes that were required to continue, and explore basic strategies employed to safeguard systems. You are to provide a five-page (not including cover page and reference page) paper (doublespaced) and submit it in your appropriate Assignments folder on or before its due date. A minimum of four resources, of which at least two must be academically credible sources, must be used. You may not use Wikipedia or undated and/or un-authored (author unknown) sources. 07072018 Indicate appropriate APA reference citations for all sources. In addition to critical thinking and analysis skills, your written analysis should reflect appropriate grammar and spelling, good organization, and proper business-writing style. Assignment Considerations: 1. Provide a well-defined and analyzed topic of historical significance from a business contingency planning perspective. 2. Discuss its organization and its business processes and how these influenced whether the organization was prepared for the unexpected. 3. Provide an impact analysis on systems and business processes required for the business to continue operations. Grading Rubric: The following grading rubric applies: 07072018 07072018 07072018
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Running head: HISTORICAL EVENTS AND BCP/DR

HISTORICAL EVENTS AND BCP/DR
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October 18, 2018

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HISTORICAL EVENTS AND BCP/DR
Historical events and their impact on BCP/ DR
When businesses face catastrophic events that end up threatening their existence, it is very
important to have a fallback plan that can enable them to continue operation even at minimal
productivity levels before proper recovery plans can be enacted. As such, most business defines
the minimum requirements for proper operations in case of a disaster. These requirements include
staff number, important IT infrastructure, and premises. In the past, major brands have faced tough
times trying to recover from such situations with both success stories and failures. Below, we shall
look at recent events in the business world that have changed public perceptions and businesses’
habits.
Massive data breach
Companies who handle very sensitive data and have millions of clients have much to worry
about when malicious intruders turn their attention to them. Over the years, some of the biggest
brands have suffered catastrophic data breaches that might have crippled their operations and
damaged their public image. One such company is Target that suffered the biggest data breach
ever witnessed in the US history. Having millions of customers, the data breach involved 110
million credit card numbers and more personal data like names and home addresses. The company
the breach led to a lot of loses amounting to $148 million and share prices falling sharply. The
company’s CEO was removed to bring in fresh faces that might help win the trust of the people
who had deserted them in large numbers after the incident (Kude, 2015).
Target Company lacked any coherent and pre-planned approach to their situation which
led to things getting worse when they admitted that they had witnessed several fake

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communications with customers. However, the company decided to own up to their mistake, and
their form...


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