"The capability of an organization to continue the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident."
Process of creating a plan to ensure a business can continue operating in the event of a disruption or crisis.
Risk Assessment: Understanding the types of risks that could impact a business and the likelihood and potential impact of each risk.
Business Impact Analysis: Evaluating the potential effects of a disruption to a company's operations.
Crisis Management Plan: Developing a plan to respond to and manage a crisis event.
Disaster Recovery Plan: Developing a plan to ensure that critical systems and data can be recovered in the event of a disaster.
Communication Plan: Developing a plan to communicate with employees, customers, and stakeholders during a crisis event.
Emergency Response Plan: Developing a plan to respond to and manage emergency situations.
Cybersecurity: Protecting against cyber threats and ensuring the security of business data.
Contingency Planning: Developing backup plans and alternative strategies to respond to unexpected events.
Testing and Training: Conducting regular testing and training exercises to ensure the effectiveness of the business continuity plan.
Business Continuity Planning Governance: Establishing the policies and procedures necessary to manage the business continuity planning program.
Disaster Recovery Planning: This type of plan focuses on recovering and restoring critical business processes after a natural or man-made disaster.
Emergency Response Planning: This type of planning focuses on responding to sudden emergencies such as fires, chemical spills, power outages etc.
Crisis Management Planning: This type of plan focuses on responding to a crisis that has a serious impact on the business or its stakeholders and can include reputational damage or financial loss.
IT / Technology Recovery Planning: This type of plan focuses on restoring IT systems and data in the event of an IT disaster such as cyber-attacks or system failures.
Supply Chain Continuity Planning: This type of plan focuses on ensuring that critical suppliers and partners are able to continue operating in the event of a disruption to their operations.
People Continuity Planning: This type of plan focuses on ensuring the continuity of critical resources, such as key personnel and skills, to maintain business operations.
Pandemic Planning: This type of plan focuses on responding to a pandemic or major health crisis, ensuring employee safety and continuity of business operations.
Business Interruption Planning: This type of plan focuses on mitigating the financial impact of an interruption in business operations and maintaining cash flow to prevent insolvency.
Reputation Management Planning: This type of plan focuses on minimizing the reputational damage caused by an event such as data breaches, product recalls or lawsuits.
Environmental Planning: This type of plan focuses on understanding and mitigating the environmental risks that could impact the business, such as natural disasters, climate change, and pollution.
"The process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to a company."
"The goal is to enable ongoing operations before and during the execution of disaster recovery."
"Business continuity is the intended outcome."
"To assist in checklisting ongoing planning tasks."
"The ability of an organization to withstand changes in its environment and still function."
"It is a capability that enables organizations to either endure environmental changes without having to permanently adapt."
"The organization is forced to adapt to a new way of working that better suits the new environmental conditions."
"It enables the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident."
"Business continuity is the intended outcome of proper execution of both business continuity planning and disaster recovery."
"The goal is to enable ongoing operations before and during the execution of disaster recovery."
"Systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to a company."
"The capability to endure environmental changes without having to permanently adapt."
"By continuing the delivery at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident."
"They assist in checklisting ongoing planning tasks."
"To enable organizations to endure environmental changes."
"The organization is forced to adapt to a new way of working that better suits the new environmental conditions."
"By having the ability to withstand changes in its environment and still function."
"Resilience, the capability that enables organizations to either endure environmental changes."
"The intended outcome is business continuity."