Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Recent man-made and natural disasters, including terrorist attacks, the Indian Ocean tsunami and the threat of pandemic flu, all serve to highlight the critical need for public and commercial organisations alike to address Business Continuity Planning (BCP). While the UK Government’s Civil Contingencies Act stipulates the requirement for thorough Business Continuity Management (BCM), and the new BSI standard (BS25999) will support the process of implementing best practice, it will not overcome some of the implicit major BCP issues. Arguably the most significant of these is understanding complexity – comprehending the interdependencies and interactions that define the business-critical processes of modern organisations; ensuring stakeholders are fully trained and aware of their roles and responsibilities, and managing the myriad of policies that directs your BCP.Effective BCP must be informed by a clear understanding of the critical processes that an organisation must conduct in order to achieve its business aims and key supporting objectives. To ensure processes are adequately protected, Business Continuity planners must have a clear and comprehensive understanding of all business-critical elements in the organisation, including their relationships, inter-dependencies and relative priority/criticality to the business, so risks can be identified, assessed and appropriately planned for. Incomplete Business Continuity Analysis would leave the organisation vulnerable to a critical failure.The main purpose of BCM is ...
Tags: Bcps, Critical Elements, Indian Ocean Tsunami
Posted in Business Continuity Planning | No Comments 