Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) Kit
BCP and DR templates with BIA, recovery procedures, and a standalone tabletop exercise kit.
About This Template
A complete business continuity and disaster recovery toolkit including BIA templates, BCP and DR plan templates, crisis communication procedures, and testing/exercise frameworks. Designed to meet FFIEC Business Continuity Management guidance. Includes a standalone Tabletop Exercise Kit with facilitator guide, scenario cards, and findings capture template.
Most BCP plans sit in a drawer until something goes wrong — and then nobody can find them. This kit is designed to be operational, not theoretical. The BIA template walks you through identifying critical processes, dependencies, and recovery priorities in a format your business owners can actually fill out. The tabletop exercise kit is a standalone PDF you can run in 90 minutes with no prep — just pick a scenario card, follow the facilitator guide, and capture findings. Perfect for meeting annual testing requirements without turning it into a month-long project.
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Who Is This For?
- → Your bank partner has asked for your Business Continuity Plan and you don't have FFIEC-aligned documentation
- → You need to run an annual tabletop exercise to meet testing requirements but don't have a facilitator guide or scenarios
- → Your BCP plan exists on paper but has never been tested and you're not confident it would actually work
- → You need a BIA to identify your critical processes and set RTO/RPO targets before your next exam
- → You need crisis communication templates ready to go before an incident, not drafted during one
Preview
Business Impact Analysis framework — how to quantify RTO, RPO, and recovery priorities by business function
RTO classification tiers — Essential (4-24hrs), Important (24-72hrs), Deferred (72+ hrs) with recovery strategies
BCP risk assessment matrix — Impact × Likelihood with inherent vs. residual risk view
BCP testing framework — types of tests from tabletop to full simulation, with annual cadence recommendations
Excel template — Business Impact Analysis with RTO/RPO targets, dependency mapping, and criticality scores
BCP Dashboard — recovery readiness scores, test results, and action item tracking
What's Included
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA) template
- BCP and DRP templates
- Crisis communication templates
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO) worksheet
- BCP testing and exercise plan
- Standalone Tabletop Exercise Kit PDF
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Business Impact Analysis template work?
The BIA template walks you through identifying critical business processes, mapping their dependencies (systems, vendors, staff, data), and assigning RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) targets. The output is a prioritized list of what to recover first in any disruption scenario — the foundation your BCP and DR plan are built on.
What are the 3 RTO classification tiers and what does each mean?
Essential (RTO 4–24 hours): processes where disruption within hours causes significant financial or customer harm — payment processing, fraud monitoring, core banking integrations. Important (RTO 24–72 hours): significant but not critical — reporting, compliance functions, secondary customer channels. Deferred (RTO 72+ hours): processes that can wait — analytics, archival functions, back-office administrative tasks.
What's in the standalone Tabletop Exercise Kit PDF?
The PDF includes: a facilitator guide with step-by-step instructions for running a 90-minute exercise, 6 scenario cards (each is a 1-page scenario brief with inject questions — scenarios cover ransomware, extended vendor outage, key person departure, natural disaster, payment rail disruption, and data breach), a participant worksheet, and a findings capture template with post-exercise action items log. No additional prep required.
Does this meet FFIEC Business Continuity Management guidance?
Yes. The kit is specifically designed against FFIEC Business Continuity Management (BCM) booklet requirements, including: BIA coverage, plan documentation, testing and exercise requirements, board and senior management oversight, and third-party dependency management. These are the requirements that come up in bank partner due diligence and regulatory exams.
Can I use just the Tabletop Exercise Kit without the full BCP?
Yes — the tabletop exercise kit is a standalone PDF designed to be used independently. If you need to meet an annual testing requirement and already have a BCP, you can run the tabletop exercise without using any other part of the kit. Many teams use it for their annual FFIEC-required BCP test.
How does the crisis communication template work?
The crisis communication template includes pre-drafted notification templates for 4 audiences: customers (service disruption notice), bank partners (incident notification with RTO estimates), employees (internal emergency communication), and regulators (formal notification). Each template has fill-in-the-blank fields for the specific incident type, impact, and estimated resolution timeline.
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