Business Continuity Planning is best described as the processes and procedures that are carried out by an organisation to ensure that essential business functions continue to operate during and after a disaster. By having a BCP, organisations seek to protect their mission critical services and give themselves their best chance of survival. This type of planning enables them to re-establish services to a fully functional level as quickly and smoothly as possible. BCPs generally cover most or all of an organisation’s critical business processes and operations.
SecuRiteU has the necessary resources and the requisite experience to help clients plan and deploy proper Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) measures. Our consultants meet with the stake holders of the business to understand their dependencies and identify areas of potential threats to the organization and the impact those threats may have on their business operations. Additionally, they identify, develop and provide a framework for building an effective response that safeguards the interests of your organization’s key stakeholders, brand reputation and other value-creating activities. We have a clear understanding of the limited budget allocated to BCP and DR and accordingly work towards cost-effective solutions whilst minimizing business risk.
Critical phases of Business Continuity Implementation
• Meeting with key personnel to conduct a thorough operational and security assessment of your facility
• Creating operations and security deployment recommendations to ensure quick response time based on your risk tolerance
• Providing temporary personnel to fulfill your human resource needs
• Developing a strategic security plan for protection to ensure safety of your people, property, products and brand.
Actionables for BCP consulting service
1. Asset Identification & classification
It is very important for the organization to identify and value its assets. Not all the assets are critical to business operations. In the event of a disaster, the available resources should be directed towards ensuring the safety of assets that are most valuable.
2. Risk Analysis and Management
All the potential risks along with their impact on the business need to be analyzed. There must be a mitigation strategy that identifies the potential threats and puts appropriate controls in place to reduce the vulnerabilities. The organization needs to define the “acceptable risk” it is prepared to take.
3. Emergency Response Mechanism
There must be a plan and detailed procedures in place to respond in cases of emergencies. Responsibilities, resources and process must be defined in detail and communicated. Pre and Post disaster activities must be clearly identified and addressed.
4. Communication & Review
The business continuity plans have to be shared with all the stakeholders. There must also be periodic reviews to align the plans with changing business needs and objectives.
