What Does Business Continuity Management Involve?
BS25999: British Standard for Business Continuity Management defines good practice based on the ‘Business Continuity Lifecycle’ BCM Programme Management As with any major project, objectives and timescales need to be identified, resources must be allocated and roles and responsibilities assigned to appropriate individuals. Understanding the Organisation This phase consists of 2 separate, but closely related, activities: • The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) identifies the critical activities of the organisation, quantifies the impact of not carrying out these activities and calculates the resources required to recover them in a timely fashion; and • Risk Evaluation and Control identifies the risks to the critical activities and applies risk mitigation measures where appropriate. Determining Business Continuity Strategy The Business Continuity strategy captures how the organisation can most effectively maintain and/or recover its critical activities in the event of disruption and forms t
