Contents
- Business Continuity Management
- 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
Plan testing, review and maintenance
Testing
A Business Continuity Plan is unreliable until it is exercised and has been proven workable, especially since false confidence may be placed in its integrity. The objectives of plan testing should be to
1) verify that it is practically workable
and
2) familiarise staff with the operation of the plan.
This should be carried out at least once every 12 months, but for some businesses or processes a more frequent schedule may be necessary.
Review
The Business Continuity Plan must continue to reflect changes in the organisation and remain valid. A review must be carried out at least once every twelve months, or after significant organisational or structural changes, to ensure that the plan continues to reflect business strategies and needs.
Maintenance
A process should be established whereby the person responsible for Business Continuity Management within the organisation is informed of any changes and can incorporate them into the relevant business continuity plan(s).