Disaster Management

Overview

The following resources provide policy, standards, and guidelines to assist state agencies in the development and maintenance of their Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), business continuity plan and disaster management programs.

• State Administrative Manual (SAM)
• Statewide Information Management Manual (SIMM)
• Schedule for Submission of Disaster Recovery Plans
• Continuity Planning
• Guidelines
• Other Resources

 

State Administrative Manual (SAM)

The SAM is a central point for statewide policies, procedures, regulations and information developed and issued by authoring agencies such as this Office, the Department of Finance (Finance), Department of General Services (DGS), and Governor's Office. The following SAM policies directly relate to disaster recovery and business continuity.

As announced in Management Memo (MM) 08-02, the policy sections related to information security and privacy have been restructured and renumbered effective February 19, 2008. Note the reference to "*NEW" means language was added to this section to introduce the section or an edit was made to clarify the existing policy as placed within the new structure. No policies were changed through MM 08-02 or this restructure.

Topic	New SAM Section	Old SAM Section(s)/Comments
Disaster Recovery Management	5355	*New introduction, 4842.2
Disaster Recovery Planning	5355.1	4843
Agency Disaster Recovery Plan	5355.2	4843.1, *New form added
Additional State Data Center Requirements	5355.3	4842.2, 4842.21

 

Statewide Information Management Manual (SIMM)

The following SIMM sections are applicable to Disaster Recovery Plan requirements.
 

Disaster Recovery Documentation for Agencies Preparation Instructions

This document identifies ten (10) sections that describe the minimum requirements that an agency must include as components of its Disaster Recovery Plan.

Topic	Section
Disaster Recovery Documentation for Agencies Preparation Instructions (.pdf, 71k)	65A

 

Agency Designation Letter

The Letter provides the California Office of Information Security with an contact for the agency's Information Security Officer, Disaster Recovery Coordinator, and Privacy Program Coordinator designees. This letter is due by January 31st of each year and within 10 business days if changes occur.

Topic	Section
Agency Designation Letter (.doc)	70A

 

Agency Disaster Recovery Program Certification and Schedule for Submission of Disaster Recovery Plans

Agencies must file this Certification every year. Use of the Cross Reference Worksheet is optional if the DRP submission follows the SIMM 65A format. (See SAM Section 5355.2)

Topic	Section
Agency Disaster Recovery Program Certification (.doc)	70B
Schedule for Submission of Disaster Recovery Plans	NA

Continuity Planning

The following material provides access to the California Emergency Management Agency's Continuity Planning program.

Topic	Section
Cal EMA Continuity Planning	Continuity Planning

 

Guidelines

The following material provides guidance and assistance on disaster recovery planning.

Topic	Published Date
Disaster Recovery Plan Checklist (.pdf, 74k)	November 2009
Go RIM  for Policy Section 5355 - Disaster Recovery Management	March 2008
Frequently Asked Questions	November 2008

 

Other Resources

Topic
DR Coordinator Meeting Materials
Cal EMA Planning and Preparedness Division
Cal EMA Plans and Publications
Cal EMA Training and Exercise
EMA CSTI
Cal EMA Exercise Division
California Volunteers Citizen Corps Program for Community Preparedness
Rebuild Your Life - A great resource for people whose lives are turned upside down by natural disasters.

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