At the Audit & Scrutiny Committee on the 28 October 2014 it was agreed as part of the Scrutiny Work Programme that a report on ICT Resilience and Business Continuity would be received by the Committee for consideration.

ICT Resilience was defined as the ability of the Council’s equipment, machines, or systems to absorb the impact of the failure of one or more components or a significant disturbance in its environment and to still continue to provide an acceptable level of service to users. This encompassed ‘Disaster Recovery’.

Business Continuity was defined as the capability of the Council to continue delivery of services at acceptable predefined levels following a disruptive incident.

ICT Resilience and Business Continuity should always be the subject of regular review and scrutiny, due in the main to the pace of change but was particularly relevant following on from the major incident in May 2014 where ICT service was lost for a number of days. 

Cllr Sleep suggested that a visit to the IT recovery site for Members and further training for Members from the ICT Manager, would be beneficial.

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Clark and SECONDED by Cllr Barrett to receive the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY:

2.1       Members note the report with regard to the current and proposed         arrangements for IT Resilience and Business Continuity.

2.2       That the ICT Manager organise a site visit for interested Members         and provides further Member training on ICT Resilience and           Business Continuity.