Introduction
You have invested heavily in your business and you need to ensure it remains safe, secure and viable. Business Continuity Planning helps you to improve your security and provide resilience to your business and thereby protect your livelihood. The information given aims to make you aware of the risks your business may be vulnerable to, from both outside and within the business. Being better informed and better prepared is good for you, your staff and your business.
According to the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a holistic management process that identifies potential impacts that threaten an organisation and provides a framework for building resilience with the capability for an effective response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders, reputation, brand and value creating activities.
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is a methodology used to create a plan for how an organisation will resume partially or completely interrupted critical function(s) within a predetermined time after a disaster or disruption. BCP may be a part of a larger organisational effort to reduce operational risk associated with poor information security controls, and thus has a number of overlaps with the practice of risk management.
The Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) specifies that local authorities have a duty to provide general advice and assistance to those who carry out commercial and or voluntary activities regarding the benefits of adopting BCM arrangements, and to disseminate information to inform the planning process.
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Further information
For further information on the Act and all accompanying documents, simply click on the following link: http://interim.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ukresilience.aspx
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