Lesson 3 – Scope

This plan will only address the recovery of systems under the direct control of the IT Department that are considered critical for business continuity. Also, given the uncertain impact of a given incident or disaster, it is not the intent of this document to provide specific recovery instructions for every system.

Rather, this document will outline a general recovery process which will lead to development of specific responses to .any given incident or disaster.

Three levels of risk, based on severity to business operations have been identified.

• Level 1 risk is associated with the OMO building and Stores which house the servers, routers, PABX as the primary hub for Barberton Mines electronic and voice communications and connectivity.
• Level 2 risk is associated with the Mine’s network infrastructure and the telephone exchange (PABX). A Level 3 risk is associated with risks specific td unique applications of functionality.
• Level 3 risk is associated with risks specific to unique applications of functionality.

The following major service areas are addressed in this plan:

• Level 1 – Computer Room
• Level 1 – Central Telephone Services (PABX)
• Level 2 – Emergency Services
• Level 2 – Network Infrastructure and Services
• Level 3 – File & Print services
• Level 3 – Clocking System
• Level 3 – Email Services
• Level3 – Web Services
• Level3 – Plant Scada