business continuity planning
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is about identifying those parts of your organisation that you can’t afford to lose, such as information, stock, premises, staff locations and contact information, and planning how to maintain these if an incident occurs.
Any incident, large or small, whether it is natural, accidental, or deliberate, can cause major disruption to your organisation. But if you plan now, rather than waiting for it to happen, you will be able to get back to business in the quickest possible time. Delays could mean you lose valuable business to your competitors, or that your customers lose confidence in you.
To implement a Business Continuity Plan, you would need to consider the following questions:
What are your organisation’s key products and services?
What are the critical activities and resources required to deliver these products and services?
What are the risks to these critical activities?
How will these activities be maintained in the event of an incident, such as loss of access to premises or loss of utilities, for example?
Approaching this can be a daunting task when conducted from within your business, because in order to succeed it requires dedicated resources to manage the process and ongoing support to maintain the continuity plan going forward.
We have first hand experience of implementing and maintaining BCP in medium to large organisations, and can help you to identify the areas of your business that need support.
We can help in the establishment and implementation of your Business Continuity Plan, and support you on your journey to achieving the level of business assurance that you and your customers require.
Our approach combines the important elements of Business Continuity Management framework with our real-world experience in implementing plans that work for you on a realistic and pragmatic level.