Disaster recovery testing : exercising your contingency plan / Philip Jan Rothstein, editor.

Preface - Alan Freedman --Introduction - Philip Jan Rothstein --MANAGING RECOVERY TESTING: 1 Justifying Recovery Testing - Dan Muecke --2 Managing The Testing Process - Marvin Wainschel --3 Budgeting for Recovery Testing - Robbie Atabaigi --4 The First Test - John Nevola --5 The Test Plan - David Sobolow --6 Hot Site Recovery Testing Checklist - Judith Hinds --7 Choosing and Developing the Test Scenario - Melvyn Musson --8 The Politics of Recovery Testing - Philip Jan Rothstein --9 Closing The Loop - Patrick LaValla, Robert Stoffel & Charles Erwin --TEST PARTICIPANTS AND RESOURCES: 10 The Test Team - Michael G. Courton --11 Management's Role - Dan Muecke --12 The Psychology of Recovery Testing - David Doepel --13 The Consultant s Role In Disaster Recovery Testing - Marvin Wainschel --14 The Recovery Vendor s Perspective - John Sensenich --15 Client Participation In Testing - Michael G. Courton --16 Recovery Planning Software s Role In Testing - Kenneth J. Bauman --17 The Recovery Plan Document In Testing - William J. Krouslis --18 The Restoration Vendor's Perspective - Ronald N. Chamberlain --19 The Risk Management Perspective - Melvyn Musson --TESTING METHODS AND PROCESSES: 20 Testing Methods - Geoffrey H. Wold & Robert F. Shriver --21 Testing Levels and Resources - William J. Krouslis --22 The Test Report - David Sobolow --23 Surprise and Unannounced Testing - James Certoma --24 Disaster Recovery Testing Cycles - Judith Hinds --WHAT IS BEING TESTED: 25 Data Center Recovery Testing - Joan Blum --26 Data Communications Recovery Testing - Paul F. Kirvan -- 27 Voice Communications Recovery Testing - Paul F. Kirvan --28 Local Area Network Recovery Testing - Paul F. Kirvan & Philip Jan Rothstein --29 Trading Floor Recovery Testing - James N. Loizides --30 Testing Public and Internal Communications - James E. Lukaszewski --31 The Emergency Management Exercise Process - Patrick LaValla, Robert Stoffel & Charles Erwin --32 Disaster Plan Simulates Plane Crash Into High-Rise Building - William H. Johnson & Warren R. Matthews --33 Rehearsing Your Crisis Management Plan - Alvin Arnell --34 Testing Emergency Plans and Capabilities: Two Case Studies - Roger W. Mickelson -- 35 Vital Records Testing - Federal Emergency Management Agency -- 36 The Bottom Line - Philip Jan Rothstein