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The agency head must
assure that the agency’s resources and information
assets are protected, including planning for recovery
from the effects of damage or destruction. The agency
head is responsible for establishing and maintaining
a business recovery planning program within the agency
and appointing appropriate personnel to administer information
resource and business recovery planning.
Typically, heads of agencies are responsible for the
following:
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Enforcement of state-level disaster recovery and
business recovery policies.
- Establishing
and maintaining a business recovery program, including
an impact analysis process that identifies critical
business processes.
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Establishing and maintaining internal policies and
procedures that provide for the recovery of personnel,
information technology, facilities, software, and
equipment, and the business functions that they
enable.
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Assigning program managers to administer business
unit and information resources recovery responsibilities
for all critical business unit and information resources
within the agency.
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Ensuring the preparation and maintenance of the
agency’s business recovery plan for the continuation
of critical business functions and information support
services in case of a disaster.
- Ensuring
agency compliance with the DIR standards by describing
disaster recovery requirements in the agency strategic
plans in accordance with 1 TAC 201.13(b).
- Ensuring
agency compliance with state information systems
audit requirements.
- Ensuring
participation at all necessary levels of management,
administrative, and technical staff during the planning,
development, testing, modification, and implementation
of disaster recovery and business recovery policies
and procedures.
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