MCPFJanuary 2014

Announcements

Fusion Framework BCM Innovators CouncilFebruary 4th from 12 to 4 pmExclusive opportunity to learn how your peers are leveraging

innovative methods and technologies to deliver extraordinary results

Agenda: 12 to 1 – Networking Lunch 1 to 4 - Presentations

Discover the future of enterprise BCM programs and management systems Understand how your BCM peers are leveraging innovative methods and

technologies to deliver extraordinary results. Gain an executive perspective on how to effectively manage business

continuity risk

Contact Andy Mercker at Fusion Risk Management for an invitation. Additional details are available on the MCPF website.

Announcements

Continuity Insights Management Conference April 28-30 in New Orleans, LAContinuity Insights is offering the MCPF one complimentary

registration to their upcoming 2014. Included is one full registration, which includes three days of

conference sessions, proceedings, planned events, breakfasts and lunches, exhibits, Monday evening reception, and the reception on Tuesday night.

MCPF members in good standing are eligible to win.Notify Shawnee McDonough by February 19th or at the

meeting on February 20th if you would like to be included in the raffle.

Announcements

SLU "Business Continuity after a Disaster” Panel DiscussionMarch 7, 2014

5:30 – Networking and Happy Hour6:30 to 8:00 – Panel Discussion

Moderator Solicit Panel MembersDetermine set of questionsFacilitate discussion

Panel Members needed focusing on:Emergency ManagementIT (Disaster Recovery)Business Process (Business Resumption)

2014 Membership Dues

2014 dues of $40 are required to be paid by January 31st.Payment options:

1. MCPF Website – credit card2. Complete the Membership Application

a. Pay by check or cash at meetingb. Send check to PO Box with application

2014 Member Incentive: encourage your peers to join $10 gift card to Starbucks or STL Bread CompanyMust be a brand new member to the organization

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

A Little MCPF History

Formed in 1994Original Board Members were:

Jay Bender Tim Bonno Jim BosseAimee KrommennackerPaul Thomas Dave Winkler

MCPF Growth over the yearsMembership

Initially ~ 60 members Consistently ~ 100 members in the last few years

DuesInitially $20Currently $40

Sponsored the AT&T “Earthquakes: Mean Business” seminars from 2002 to 2010

MCPF received our Certificate of Incorporation for a Missouri Nonprofit organization on April 26, 2011

MCPF website implemented in late 2011MCPF Vendor Expo initiated in 2011Vendor Participant in the American Red Cross Emergency

Preparedness Academy in 2012 and 2013

Introductions

NameCompanyArea of ResponsibilitiesYears in the BC Industry

Group Discussion Objectives

Share our experiencesLearn from other’s lessons learnedApply information to our own organization’s plans or

programs

Group Discussion

Two BC events to date in January 2014:Severe winter weather impacting the majority of Canada

and the USWest Virginia Chemical Spill

January Severe Winter Weather

Polar Vortex: a high altitude low-pressure system that hovers over the Arctic in winter. In early January, the polar vortex weakened and broke down, allowing fragments of air to slosh out of the bowl into mid-latitudes. The high pressure building up in the Arctic slowed down the jet stream, which caused it to buckle into deep folds and flow farther south than usual, introducing cold Arctic air into the central and eastern U.S. (Source - NOAA)

CHICAGO aka CHIBERIA NEBRASKA & NIAGRA FALLS

West Virginia Chemical Spill

The Elk River chemical spill occurred on January 9, 2014 when crude 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM) was released from a Freedom Industries facility into the Elk River, a tributary of the Kanawha River, in Charleston in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

The chemical spill occurred upstream from the principal West Virginia American Water intake and treatment and distribution center.

Following the spill, up to 300,000 residents within nine counties in the Charleston, West Virginia metropolitan area were without access to potable water.

Source - Wikipedia

Group Discussion

Back up Topics

2014 BC Initiatives at your organizationShare one or two major projects for 2014Other members may have insight they can share, provide

suggestions, lessons learnedBC/DR Trends for 2014 from Dr. Steven B. Goldman

2014 BC and DR Trends

1. Continued increase in natural disasters worldwide2. Continued increase in malicious cyber attacks (mobile devices up

33% last year)3. Some disruptions are becoming more predictable

Preventative vs. reactive plans Listen and anticipate problems

4. Disruptions should be considered the norm5. Cloud to Cloud Continuity will get serious with Saas (not to replace

DRaaS and cloud DR)6. Role of the BC/DR professional is changing for the better7. Communications expectations are increasing – faster8. Social Media will continue to drive BC/DR response9. Twitiots will continue10. Be prepared for the machines to take over