It's not always the "big bang" scenario that causes the problem

Contents

• Business Continuity Management
  • Introduction
  • Objective
  • Considerations
  • Supported Processes
• An Overview
  • Business Assessment
  • Strategy
  • Plan Development
  • Plan Testing, Review and Maintenance
  • Software
  • Communication, Training and Awareness

 

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Business Continuity Management: An Overview

Business Assessment

Primarily, Business Continuity Management (BCM) is about understanding the business and establishing what is vital for its on-going operation and survival. Therefore, it should be focused on “mission critical” activities. All internal and external dependencies that support mission critical functions (e.g. IT or sources of information) and external influences (e.g. regulatory requirements) which may affect them should be identified.

Business Impact Assessment (BIA)

A Business Impact Assessment (BIA) will determine what would be the impact upon the organisation’s operation(s) if critical processes and functions were severely disrupted, or lost. The BIA enables the organisation to focus risk assessments on key business elements, rather than having to carry out an organisation-wide analysis. The BIA process also reviews the impact sensitivity of each business function or process to disruption; this information helps to determine and prioritise the recovery and continuity objectives.

Risk Assessment (RA)

Risk Identification and Assessment (RA) is used to determine the internal and external threats that could cause loss or disruption to the critical business processes, and their likelihood of occurrence.