Opening presentation to the first meeting of the BCI (Business Continuity Institute) Qatar Forum.

1. The BCI
The world’s leading institute for business continuity

2. Why is Business Continuity Important?
BCM exists to improve organizational resilience.
“The Three C’s” :
• Contingency
• Capability, and
• Crisis Response
are all parts of BCM
BCM is not just for responding to catastrophic physical events – it adds
value in dealing with any situations where the ability to meet key business
priorities are compromised

3. Benefits of Good BCM
The benefits of good BCM include:
• Faster recovery after outages (improved productivity)
• Less financial loss (improved performance)
• Fewer missed deliveries and calls (better customer service)
• Improved compliance and corporate governance
Which lead to:
• Competitive advantage

4. Driver - Incidents
22/01/2014
4

5. Driver – Earth, Wind and Fire
22/01/2014
5

6. Driver – Natural Hazard

7. Driver - IT

8. Driver - Health

9. Driver - Utilities

10. Driver – Supply Chain

11. Driver – Regulations and Standards

12. Causes of Disruption 2005-2012 (UK)
50
45
40
35
Power
30
Hardware
25
Terrorism
Communications
20
Flooding
Data Corruption
15
10
5
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

13. What About The Future?
What We Don’t Know
Undiscovered, Unknown
Knowledge
What Do We Know that We Don’t Know
Speculative, Hypothetical
What We Need to Know
Intelligence, Answers
What We Think We Know
Unconfirmed, Not Corroborated
What We Know
Confirmed, Factual
Uncertainty
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14. The BCM Lifecycle
Improving organizational resilience

15. The Six Professional Practices

16. The Business Continuity Institute (BCI)
• The BCI is the world’s most eminent business
continuity institute with 8000 members in over
100 countries worldwide.
• Our name is instantly recognised as standing for
good practice and professionalism.
• Statutory membership of the BCI provides
internationally recognised status

17. Membership growth since 1997
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
Total Members
Statutory members
3000
2000
1000
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

18. Global Membership
126 countries

19. Our Aim
• The overall BCI purpose is to promote the art
and science of business continuity worldwide.
• The wider role of the BCI is to promote the
highest standards of professional competence
and commercial ethics in the provision and
maintenance of business continuity planning
and services.

20. How Do We Do This?
The BCI seeks to do this worldwide by:
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Raising standards in BC
Undertaking industry research
Driving thought leadership in BC
Facilitating the sharing of best practice in BC
Training and certifying professionals
Raising the value of the profession
Developing the business case for BC

21. Advocacy
Our advocacy work with Governments and Standards Bodies includes:
• We work closely with the UK Government Cabinet Office
• We work closely with the EU in Brussels
• We have good contacts with Resiliency Directorate at The White House
• BCI Members have had leading roles on the development of BCM
Standards:
• National Standards in the UK, US, Australia and Singapore
• International Standards with ISO22301 and ISO 22313
• Official BCI Partners include United Nations Head Offices in New York
and its agency Unicef.

22. Research
Our research includes:
• Annual Supply Chain Survey
• Annual Horizon Scan Survey
• The Business Value of BCM – selling BCM to the C-Suite
• Thought Leadership white papers on a range of resilience related topics.

23. BCI Training and Education
• BCI Training provides BC professionals with the
knowledge and skills they need
• All training is based on the Good Practice Guidelines
• Designed to meet the current and future needs of
business continuity professionals worldwide;
• Delivered by a global network of BCI licensed
training partners
• Leads to an internationally recognised credential in
BC, including CBCI (Certificate of the BCI
Examination) and DBCI (Diploma of the BCI)
• Enables you to develop specialist skills to improve
your expertise in BC.

24. BCI GPG
The BCI Good Practice Guidelines 2013
A Guide to Global Good Practice in Business Continuity
• The most comprehensive and independent
view of current thinking in Business
Continuity (BC)
• Written by BC professionals for BC
professionals
• Body of knowledge for Business Continuity
• Used in training and examining individuals
and organizations
• Reference material for Academic institutions

25. Five Steps to Certification
• Step One – Complete some GPG Training
• Step Two – Take the Certificate of the BCI
Examination (CBCI), which tests a candidate’s
knowledge and understanding of GPG 2013
• Step Three – Pass this examination and attain
an internationally recognised credential in BC
and the post-nominal designation CBCI.
• Step Four – Use your CBCI to progress to
Statutory membership of the BCI
• Step Five – Practise, Practise and Practise –
gain experience and upgrade your membership
to progress through the Statutory ranks

28. Who Should Become a Member?
• BC professionals seeking international
recognition of their professional and
technical competency
• Individuals currently working in BCM
related functions who are seeking to
improve their knowledge and
understanding of Business Continuity
• Individuals who are looking to benefit
from being part of a global network
of like-minded professionals to share
good practice in BC
• Newcomers to the discipline who are
considering a career in BC or a related
profession

29. Different Levels of Membership
• BCI Membership differentiates between
Statutory and non-Statutory
members, thus providing entry to the
BCI for both experienced BC
professionals as well as newcomers to
the discipline.
• Statutory membership grades include:
Fellow (FBCI), Member (MBCI) and
Associate Member (AMBCI) and are all
certified grades.
• Non-Statutory membership includes
CBCI (Affiliate), Affiliate and Student.

30. BCI Corporate Membership
• Enables organizations to work more closely with the
BCI to help raise the profile of BC as a discipline and
to promote the highest standards of professional
competence in BC worldwide
• Campaigns to ensure that BC is viewed and adopted
as a key management discipline in private, public and
not-for-profit sectors.
• Has been in operation now since 2007
• Currently over 100 Corporate Partners worldwide
• Organizations can join at Standard, Associate and
Premium Level
• Sponsorship packages can be added – Bronze, Silver
and Gold

31. BCI Qatar Forum
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