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Comment Period for Proposed Presidential Policy Business and Finance Bulletin IS-12 IT Recovery

November 6, 2020

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy Business and Finance Bulletin IS-12 IT Recovery. The rewritten policy addresses the following key issues:

  • Updated to reflect modern technology (i.e. CD-ROMS are removed, ransomware and cloud computing are addressed).
  • Aligned with the current state of emergency planning at UC.
    • Narrowed the scope to IT Recovery.
  • Adopted the concept of “recovery level already adopted by UC Health and their academic Locations.” There are 5 recovery levels.
  • Granted Location control to manage budget and risk.  See the accompanying presentation. Key features:
    • Location defined scope.
    • Location administered exception process.
    • Iterative model of compliance to support a roadmap to desired state.
  • Made the policy directly implementable.
  • Included uniform requirements to support inter and intra Location dependencies.
  • Ensured that responsibilities are clearly assigned.
  • Addressed the key gaps identified by Business Continuity Planners and Risk Managers responsible for continuity and emergency planning.

The policy was written by a systemwide workgroup. The systemwide workgroup consisted of 14 cross-functional representatives from:

  • ANR
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Davis
  • UC Davis Health
  • UCLA
  • UCLA Health
  • UCOP
  • UC Merced
  • UCSF
  • UC Santa Cruz

The proposed policies are posted on UC Merced’s Policies website.
Employees who want to provide comments on the proposed revisions can submit them to the UC Merced Policy office by emailing policy@ucmerced.edu.