IT Continuity Plan Evaluation Checklist

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1. Procedures for employee advisories, alerts and Continuity Plan activation are included.

2. Provisions for personnel accountability throughout the duration of the emergency are included.

3. Procedures exist for an annual review of this agency Continuity Plan and the ability to make any needed revisions.

4. Includes a risk or hazard analysis to identify threats to facilities and operations.

5. Includes an adopted operational plan that identified activation criteria, responsibilities, and command and control during a Continuity Plan activation.

6. Established readiness levels in order to provide a flexible and coordinated response to escalating threat levels or actual emergencies.

Essential Functions
[Capability Description: Essential Functions are those organizational functions that must be continued under any and all circumstances. These functions are derived from the organizations overall functions and missions and, when identified, should be prioritized to ensure the most critical functions are appropriately emphasized. Essential Functions are those functions that enable organizations to provide vital services, exercise civil authority, maintain the safety and well-being of the general populace, and sustain the industrial/economic base in an emergency.]

1. Essential functions are listed, prioritized and document in the Plan.

2. Staffing requirements for each essential function are identified.

3. Resource requirements for each essential function are identified.

4. Critical data and data systems for each essential function are identified.

5. Support activities are addressed as part of essential functions.