Appendix A

Risk Management Checklist

Risk management includes the three elements of the risk assessment: threat assessment, vulnerability assessment, and impact analysis. This information is the input to the risk mitigation phase that concludes the risk assessment portion of the business continuity and disaster recovery project work.

Risk assessment

The first step in business continuity and disaster recovery planning is the risk assessment, covered in Chapter 4. The business impact analysis is covered in Chapter 5. Included here are top-level items that should be included. You can modify this list to suit your specific needs. Refer to the specific chapters for detailed information on these topics.

Threat and vulnerability checklist

This list ...

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