Continued operations in the event of a disruption, whether due to a major disaster or a minor incident, are a fundamental requirement for any organization. Business Continuity Management (BCM) is an evolving discipline which covers this critical subject. BCM programmes, similar to other enterprise processes, are most effective when grounded in generally accepted standards and built according to the business’ objectives. These objectives and “proven” standards together form a foundation that adds credibility and viability to your BCM programme.

BS 25999 is a visionary standard for BCM which provides you with a mature, repeatable and actionable framework to reduce the likelihood of an incident affecting your organization and to help you recovery quickly from an interruption to your operation.

Benefits

• Resilience
  • Proactively improves your organization’s resilience when faced with disruptions to the ability to achieve key objectives.


• Delivery
  • Provides a rehearsed method of restoring your ability to supply critical products and services to an agreed level and timeframe following a disruption.


• Management
  • Delivers a proven and proactive response for managing a disruption. The above three benefits form the key ‘pillars’ of BS 25999 and are directly related to enhancing your organizations BCM capability. There are numerous additional commercial benefits:


• Continual Business Improvement
  • Meeting the requirements of BS 25999 results in a clearer understanding of how your entire organization works thereby potentially identifying areas for improvement.


• Reputation
  • Helps protect and enhance an organization’s reputation and brand while building confidence with all stakeholders.