Last week, the UCI Emergency Management team had a visible presence at the 5th Annual Best Practices in Higher Education Emergency Management Conference hosted by Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. The presentation, which was delivered to emergency management and business continuity practitioners at various institutions nationwide, focused on the strategy, methodology and results of the UCI campus wide Business Impact Analysis (BIA) that was completed in November of last year. The purpose of this 18-month initiative was to effectively identify the institution’s mission essential functions, project anticipated impacts of downtime, and determine campus priorities based upon risk values in order to inform the Campus Continuity Framework. The completed BIA and campus continuity framework now serve as the University’s foundation for all business continuity efforts moving forward.
The BIA highlights the true nature of collaborative partnerships here on campus as this project required a multi-disciplinary subcommittee to convene in May of 2015 and meet quarterly until its completion. This dynamic group included representation from the following: A&BS Office of the Vice Chancellor, Risk Management, Campus Counsel, Office of Research Operations, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, OIT, School IT and UCI Police Department Emergency Management Division. The contributions made by the subcommittee were extremely valuable as each member viewed the risk evaluation process through their own unique “lens of expertise” which, fundamentally, validated the results.
Business continuity planning in higher education is critical to building a resilient institution and the approach and methodology used by UCI to conduct a thorough; campus wide BIA to establish the foundation of all continuity planning efforts moving forward is gaining recognition as a best practice. UCI strives to be a leader in education, research, patient care, innovation and world change and the Emergency Management Division has adopted this same vision as it relates to being a leader in emergency preparedness both within higher education and the larger community as a whole.
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