Presentation to: ESRI / Citrix Business Continuity Planning Seminar

7 November 2007

Using GIS for Business Continuity

Patrick Alesi

Using GIS for Business Continuity

The history of GIS at Lehman Brothers– 2005 Transit Strike– Hurricane RitaCurrent uses– 2007 WildfiresFuture Plans– Automation– Integration

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Using GIS for Business Continuity

The impending NYC transit strike in 2005– Do we have the software?– Do we have the data?– Do we have the skill?

The origins of GIS use in BCP at Lehman Brothers

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Using GIS for Business Continuity2005 Transit Strike Sample Map

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Using GIS for Business Continuity2005 Transit Strike Sample Map

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Using GIS for Business Continuity2005 Transit Strike Sample Map

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Management “bought into” the use of maps as they relate to incident response.MapPoint Issues– Poor handling of real-time data– PC – based– Clumsy

Requirements for a new tool– More features and functionality– Smooth integration with existing corporate databases– Data to be kept on server-class equipment– Web integration required

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Hurricane Rita, 2005– ~US$11.3 B in damage 1

– 4th most intense Atlantic hurricane ever observed 2

Our response process became more pro-active– Mapped all staff and shelters– Comparison to flood plain map (but not

overlaid)– Contacted staff before the storm.

Additional GIS Projects

1 – Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita2 – Ibid.

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Using GIS for Business Continuity2005 Hurricane Rita Sample Map

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Using GIS for Business Continuity2005 Hurricane Rita Sample Map

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Using GIS for Business Continuity2005 Hurricane Rita Sample Map

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As we become more sophisticated in our incident response process, we need to become more sophisticated in the use of map data. This drives the following additional requirements:– Layering of public data– Automated data analysis– Ability to update data points over the course of the incident

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Using GIS for Business Continuity2007 California Wildfire Sample Map

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Based on all of our experience thus far with GIS, we have set some goals for how our “ultimate” GIS would be architected:– Dynamic feeds of data (employees, real estate) from authoritative Lehman

systems.– Layers of public data related to:

• Emergency services (police, fire, hospitals)• Physical risk factors (fault lines, flood plains)• Real-time updates (fire locations, post office closings, evacuation shelters

– Interfaces to BCP tools such as our planning software and notification tool.– Interfaces to external incident reporting sources.– Web-based, using APIs to integrate into our existing Intranet portal.– Business-specific “self-service” web page to report on employee status during

incidents.

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