Veterus Business Continuity Management

The Business Continuity Management System
“Protecting People, Revenues and Reputations”
www.VeterusConsulting.com+44 (0)8456 434775

Develop a Business Continuity Management Culture
Clarify
Priorities
Programme Management
Business Continuity Management
Is a quality management system that helps you :
Focus on Key Products & Services
Identify Opportunities & Reduce Business Risks
Define Minimum Acceptable Performance
Develop Strategies & Plans to Protect Critical Products & Services
Train & Empower Your People to manage a crisis
Risk and Business Impact Assessment
Trained People & Tested Plans
Protection Strategies &
Plans

Develop a Business Continuity Management Culture
Clarify
Priorities
Business Continuity Management
Is a quality management system that helps you :
Protect Your People, Revenues & Reputation
Get and keep customers
Deliver on your brand promises and contractual obligations
Demonstrate effective management & governance
Reduceinsurance premiums & down-time
Stay in business when disaster strikes!
Risk and Business Impact Assessment
Trained People & Tested Plans
Protection Strategies &
Plans

Embedding BCM in the Organization’s Culture
Where to Begin…
The BCMS Lifecycle:
British Standard 25999-1 & 2
Understand the organization
Determine BCM Strategy
Exercise, Maintain & Review
Develop & Implement a BCM Response
“Plan – Do – Check – Act” QMS

1. Programme Management
Agree Roles & Responsibilities
Identification Stakeholders
Agree Policy&Scope
Agree Approach
Communicate Intent

2. Understanding the Organization
Confirm business priorities, duties & obligations
Identify key products & services
Identify critical activities, assets and resources
Clarify impact of failure of critical activities, assets & resources (with stakeholders)
Identify and evaluate hazards and threats

2. Understanding the Organization #1
Review Documentation
(gap analysis & report)
BCM policy & strategies
BCM scope statement
BCM terms of reference
BIA, Risk & Security threat assessment
Training, Exercising & Awareness Programme, Records & Reports
IM, BC & Recovery Plans
Legislation, SLAs & Contracts
Observe & Interview
(gap analysis & report)
Visit sites
Talk to staff that manage, perform and verify activities within the BCMS scope

2. Understanding the Organization #2
Business Impact Analysis
(facilitatedworkshop & report)
Identify critical business processes, activities and interdependencies
Determine the impact over time of disruptions
Establish maximum tolerable period of disruption (MTPD)
Document and sign-off findings
Risk Assessment
(facilitatedworkshop & report)
Identify Hazards, Threats and Vulnerabilities
PESTLE, MEDIC
Community Risk register

3. Determine BCM Strategy
Command & Control Structure
Crisis Communications
Resources & Delegations
Fallback sites and “Actions On..” strategies
Stakeholder Consultation
SMT agree strategies
Business Cases for investment in resilience improvements (eg DR)

4. Develop & Implement Response
Develop detailed plans aligned to organizational objectives & priorities
Inform, Involve & Train staff
Incident Response Management (contain, communicate)
Business Continuity (maintain critical activities)
Business Recovery (back to BAU)

5. Exercise, Maintain & Review
Induction & Refresher Training
Exercise Schedule
Desk-top reviews
Live exercises
Scheduled QMS to Review, Update & Continuously Improve

Questions or Comments?
“Protecting People, Revenues and Reputations”
www.VeterusConsulting.com+44 (0)8456 434775

Veterus Business Continuity Management

by Bradley Wright on May 27, 2011

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