1. Assume that you have been hired by a small veterinary practice to help them prepare a contingency planning document. The practice has a small LAN with four computers and
   Internet access.

1. Prepare a list of threat categories/events. At least 5.
2. Identify preventive measures for each type of threat category.
3. Include at least one major disaster in the plan.

• Identify 5 mission/business process
• Identify 3 impact categories (use the NIST guide lines below) to categories the impact of outages on the mission/business process areas from part 2.

Impact categories and values should be created in order to characterize levels of severity to the organization that would result for that particular impact category if the mission/business process could not be performed.These impact categories and values are samples and should be revised to reflect what is appropriate for the organization.

The following impact categories represent important areas for consideration in the event of a disruption or impact.

Impact category: {insert category name}

Impact values for assessing category impact:

• Severe = {insert value}
• Moderate = {insert value}
• Minimal = {insert value}

About the Veterinary practice

• One location, located in Baltimore County, MD
• Basic website with scheduling capability
• 4 computers
  • Two accepting payments
  • Two maintain client data and scheduling
• Internet access from local ISP
• 8 employees
• ~700 clients
• Occasionally housing pets overnight, with boarding for up to 10 pets.
• Revenue: $750,000 annually

Should be no more than 4 pages, Calibri 11 font, you can use the templates (NIST Special Publication 800-30 & 800-34) provided or create your own.