We all hope that we'll never suffer from a flood or a fire, but what if this did happen? What if your premises were out of action or an unforeseen event led to a disruption to your normal business operations? Some insurance companies may insist you have a suitable business continuity plan in place before they will insure you.
Business Continuity is about improving the resilience of your business so that you can minimise the impact of any interruption e.g. power outage.
There are several BC methodologies, however the key principles are:
- understanding your organisation and identifying your critical functions
- identifying the resources required to perform your critical functions
- performing a business impact snalysis to identify interdependencies and vulnerabilities
- developing specific and generic plans to address any vulnerability
- rehearsing and maintaining plans to ensure they remain fit for purpose.
Advice
Although we are not in a position to give direct help with business continuity, we can point you in the right direction and signpost some useful websites for you to visit:
- Business Continuity Checklist
- Business Continuity Management Toolkit
- Business Continuity Institute
- Continuity Central
- ISO 22301 - free download.
Last updated: 10/09/2024 15:05
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