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Recovering Your Network

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Changing Network Technology

Convergence to one internet protocol (IP) network makes any interruption critical:
Voice affected Data affected Video affected Integrated Applications affected

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Considerations
Mitigate Your Risk
Power Change Redundancy Security

Recovering Your Network

Local Area Network Wide Area Network Network Services Voice

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Mitigate Your Risk - Power

Single largest cause of network failure Solutions: Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Generator Dual Power Feeds

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Mitigate Your Risk - Change

Changes in the environment and/or network can impact availability Solutions: Test Redundancy Document Plan

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Mitigate Your Risk - Redundancy

Can also be defined as resiliency Solutions: LAN
Switches, Routers, Power Supplies, Circuit Cards

WAN
Circuits, Carriers, Cell, Microwave, Satellite

Voice
Switches, Circuits (IP, Analog, Digital, Aggregators)

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Mitigate Your Risk - Security

Unauthorized Intruders prey on weak networks Solutions: Firewall Intrusion Detection Virus Protection Multiple Levels of Access Control

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Recovering Your Network

Four elements for consideration: Local Area Network (LAN) Wide Area Network (WAN) Network Services Voice

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Local Area Network (LAN)

Alternate Site
Mobile Hot Site

Switches and Cabling (10/100/1000)

Warm Site Mobile Cold Site

Alternative Modes of Operation

Wireless Telecommunication

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Wide Area Network (WAN)

Alternate Site Hot (or Warm) Site
MPLS, Frame Relay, VPN Plan

Cold Site
EVDO (cell phone data network) WiFi / Wi-Max Satellite Microwave Longer lead time offerings: DSL Dedicated Circuit

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Network Services
Network services are defined as:
Email Core Processing Virtual Private Network (VPN) Remote Services

Recovery through Internet access VPN access Citrix

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Voice
Key for communication with employees, clients and stakeholders Methodologies:
Voice Redirection Alternate Site Voice Mail DIDs, Aggregators

Cell Phone and Push-To-Talk Letter of Agency Notification

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Biggest Opportunities For Success

Be Flexible Listen to Trusted Sources Challenge Your Vendors Use your Plan as a Guideline
Enhance Managements DecisionMaking Ability

Recruit Support
Dont do it alone

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