Business Continuity
Reference Sources:
ISO 22301 2012 Societal security – Business continuity management systems – Requirements
ISO 22313 2012 Societal security - Business continuity management systems – Guidance
Business Continuity Institute Good Practice Guidelines 2013
Our BC Consulting Services:
Our Business Continuity experts can assist you in building business resilience by providing services to:
Capability Assessment
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Documents your current capability against best practices and any required remediation in the form of a roadmap.
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Good starting point if you are uncertain how to or where to start
Education
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Train your people on the Business Continuity programme and the required processes
Business Impacts Analysis (BIA)
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Captures required recovery times and acceptable data loss per business process
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Captures required restart order in the event multiple process are impacted
Critical Resource Analysis (CRA)
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Captures required resources required to effect recovery (e.g. Human, Real Estate, Suppliers, IT, Equipment)
Business continuity strategy
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Documents all potential recovery options
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Standardises recovery options across the business
Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
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Tier 1,2 & 3 plans
BC exercise schedule
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Differentiates between the levels of exercising
Plan and run BC exercises
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Best Practice is one main exercise per year supported by multiple "minor" exercises
Integrate BC into change & project management
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Ensures BC capability maintained
Reviews of BC programme
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Best practice is every12 months